CEGA works to advance the science of geology, foster professional development of members and promote community awareness of the profession.
The organization was founded on December 17, 1927, as the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists in Calgary and was modelled after the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
The society was founded in 1927 in Calgary, and was affiliated to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 1930.
[2] In 2022 the society was renamed to the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association.
Glaister, and contained detailed references to the Geological History of Western Canada and the stratigraphy of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.