Alabama board of licensure for professional geologists

The Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists (ABLPG) licenses professional geologists within the state of Alabama. The purpose of ABLPG is to protet life, property, health, safety, public welfare, and the environment through the regulation of the practice of geology in the State of Alabama, and to prevent abuses of the practice of geology by untrained or unprincipled persons.

The ABLPG offers a Geologist in Training (GIT) program, as a step on the path to full geological licensure in Alabama. For more information on GIT, please see the flyer here.
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Imperial barrel competition

AAPG's Imperial Barrel Award Program (IBA) is an annual prospective basin evaluation competition for geoscience graduate students from universities around the world. University teams compete to win scholarship funds for their geoscience department and the international recognition that comes from competing or winning in the competition. The program is rigorous and contributes to AAPG's mission of promoting petroleum geoscience training and advancing the careers of geoscience students. More information can be found here.