Invest in the next generation of geoscientists.

Support the next generation of geoscience talent by sponsoring the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA). Your contribution helps fund student participation, promotes your company to top-ranked future professionals, and strengthens the energy industry’s workforce.

Your Company Can Support IBA

Four ways to get involved:
01

Underwrite team costs

Make a financial donation to help cover transportation and housing expenses for competing teams.

02

Donate a dataset

Contribute a data set and supporting information that can be used in the competition.

03

Fund prizes & events

Sponsor IBA luncheons or ice-breaker cash prizes for the universities of winning teams.

04

Volunteer as a judge

Lend your expertise as an IBA judge and evaluate teams during the competition.

Shared value, on both sides

A win for everyone
Your company benefits

Reach top talent first

  • Promoting your company as a potential employer to top-ranked geoscience students.
  • Earning an invitation to this exclusive scouting opportunity.
  • Encouraging excellence in the industry’s future workforce.
Participating students benefit

Launch their careers

  • Develop marketable energy-industry skills.
  • Enjoy an international networking opportunity.
  • Access industry leaders and potential future employers.

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Become a sponsor

Tell us how you’d like to get involved and the IBA team will be in touch with sponsorship details and next steps.

Or email us directly

iba@aapg.org

I just came back from Houston after attending the Annual Meeting and Exhibition for AAPG. For me It was great pleasure and joy when Qaboos University was announced as third place in the IBA competition. This is the second time in row the Middle East Region participated and in both times we received the third place, last year was KFUPM from Saudi Arabia. The achievements are great and they are many; the participation, the experience, the networking, the dataset gains and others. Above all, when the Middle East Region won such a prestigious international competition among close to 100 reputable universities form around the world, that is truly a great success for the whole region. Congratulations for Sultan Qaboos University, Faculty members, Team Members and to all Omanis. Please allow me also to congratulate myself and all the Council Members of Middle East Region with special thanks to Anwar Beaiji. Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud of you, you raised the bar, now the expectations are very high, please keep it up and congratulations for a well done job.

Hussain Al-Otaibi
2011 Saudi Aramco