Archives for October 2018

Announcing New PESA-ASEG Queensland Mentoring Program

30/10/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

PESA and ASEG Queensland are joining forces to initiate a mentoring scheme for young professionals. This program aims to facilitate face-to-face mentoring sessions to establish a more interpersonal partnership through which industry insights, knowledge and experience are shared to foster the professional and personal development of mentees. In addition, we will also be launching a local Young Professionals’ network, with ties to federally coordinated YP networks in sister societies throughout Australia. Such networks exist as special interest groups within their respective societies and can be adapted to serve the needs and interests of their members. The local YP network and…

US LNG liquefaction over capacity, set to reach 8.9 bcfd by 2020

30/10/2018 Posted by Dale

The US will have a total of 8.9 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) equating to 66.7 million tons per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction capacity from currently planned and sanctioned projects by 2020, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. Presently about 77% of the US LNG volume exported is contracted under a long-term scheme. Through these contracts, US LNG production competes whenever an arbitrage window is created to export cargoes, based on shipping costs and natural gas landed prices in the destination markets. By the end of 2017 the total LNG trade accounted for 9.8%…

Bass Oil on track for record monthly output

30/10/2018 Posted by Dale

Bass Oil (ASX: BAS) has announced that during October it achieved sustained high daily oil production levels averaging almost 900 barrels of oil per day (bopd) Joint Venture share, at the Tangai Sukanati KSO. The Melbourne-based company said it was on track to challenge the previous Joint Venture production record for the KSO of ~26,000 bbls. The previous record was set in October 2015. “This compares favourably to September production levels of 17,081 barrels of oil Joint Venture share,” Bass Oil said. Bass has a 55% interest in the Joint Venture. A successful ongoing production optimisation program along with completion…

Pakistan’s Bahria University Benefits from CGG GeoSoftware’s Donation Program Promoting Geoscience Education

30/10/2018 Posted by Dale

Postgraduate students at Pakistan’s Bahria University (Karachi Campus) can now conduct more complex research into quantitative geophysics thanks to the donation by CGG GeoSoftware of a full suite of its advanced geoscience software. Exploration & production companies around the world use this software to better understand the Earth’s subsurface, manage exploration and development risks, and maximize the potential of oil and gas reserves. CGG said that students registered in the Department of Earth and Environment Sciences’ postgraduate (MS Geology, MS Geophysics and PhD Geophysics) programs can use the Jason^®, HampsonRussell, Insight Earth, PowerLog^®and VelPro software to easily apply the…

Professor Kurt Lambeck receives Prime Minister’s prize

30/10/2018 Posted by Dale

Emeritus Professor and geophysicist, Kurt Lambeck (ANU), received the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science for his work on the ‘breathing Earth’, detecting sea level change, and developing precise navigation, using geophysical techniques. This award is an important step in the recognition of the importance of geosciences for Australia’s future. Kurt’s original work in the 1960s enabled accurate planning of space missions. It led him to use the deformation of continents during the ice ages to study changes deep in the mantle of the planet. It also led to a better understanding of the impact of sea level changes on human…

Spectrum and TGS announce collaboration on expanded Santos Basin Multi-Client 3D Survey

23/10/2018 Posted by Dale

Spectrum and TGS have joined forces and expanded the Santos 3D seismic program to 15,000 square kilometers over the prospective southern Santos Basin offshore Brazil. TGS and Spectrum will be equal partners with seismic data processing and imaging to be performed by TGS. The survey covers an area south of the high profile discoveries of the Santos Basin and the recent sought after blocks offered in Rounds 2,3,4,5 and 15. Rune Eng, CEO Spectrum, comments, “Spectrum is excited to cooperate with TGS in this survey over such a highly prospective area. The two companies will be working together to unlock…

Wood wins new IRPC contract in south east Asia

23/10/2018 Posted by Dale

Wood has been awarded a new contract by IRPC Plc for its Maximum Aromatics (MARS) project, leveraging its operations in the south-east Asian oil and gas market. Wood will provide frontend engineering design (FEED) for the world-scale paraxylene complex to be built at IRPC’s existing integrated petrochemical complex in Rayong Province, Thailand. The one-year contract will be delivered from Wood’s offices in Sriracha, Thailand, and secures around 100 jobs in-country. The scope of work will include engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor pre-qualification; EPC contractor invitation to bid (ITB) preparation and EPC contractor bid evaluation support services to support IRPC’s…

Geoscience awards its top guns with national honour

23/10/2018 Posted by Dale

Two of Australia’s foremost proponents of better ways to discover our natural resources using great science have been honoured in Adelaide by Australia’s Geoscience sector. The title of “National Geoscience Champion” has been bestowed by the Australian Geoscience Council (AGC) on each of Dr Marita Bradshaw of Canberra and Emeritus Professor David Groves of Perth, at an industry peer dinner in Adelaide hosted as part of the AGC’s inaugural four-day Convention last week in Adelaide. The AGC’s Executive chose the two finalists from a list of nominations provided by its eight Member Organisations that represent the full spectrum of Geoscience…

High-End Seismic Imaging Solves Shallow Gas Challenges

23/10/2018 Posted by Dale

The latest Q modeling, and Q-compensating imaging techniques bring greater clarity to Northern Viking Graben, CGG has announced. CGG has recently completed seismic depth imaging of its entire Northern Viking Graben multi-client survey, in the Norwegian North Sea. The latest visco-acoustic (“Q”) velocity modeling and seismic imaging technologies have been applied to BroadSeis™ broadband variable-depth streamer field data, acquired between 2014 and 2016. The final output forms a contiguous data volume covering 35,400 km². The Northern Viking Graben, like many other areas around the globe, contains a wide range of localized near-surface geological anomalies – with shallow gas being a…

QLD Branch October Technical Meeting – Mark Casey, Senex Energy

19/10/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

PESA Queensland were delighted to welcome Mark Casey from Senex Energy to speak at the October technical meeting. Mark Casey is the Development Manager at Senex Energy, responsible for Cooper Basin developments. He has over 15 years of experience in Australia, UK and Denmark primarily focused on field development and reservoir management in clastic, carbonate and CSG reservoirs. Mark started his career in the Cooper Basin and Queensland CSG assets working for Santos, before heading to Europe where he worked with Talisman Energy and Maersk Oil, primarily on their North Sea assets. The presentation focussed on the recently drilled and…