On Thursday 28 th May PESA Qld held their second technical lunch for 2026. Comet Ridge’s Tor McCaul and Mel Fitzell gave a capacity crowd an update on the Mahalo Gas Hub project.
Comet Ridge has secured a significant acreage position at the Mahalo Gas Hub in the southern Bowen Basin. This region is shaping up to be a major gas production hub for the east coast, with proven ommercial production rates, development-ready 2P gas reserves, and excellent access to key infrastructure to domestic and LNG export markets. The Mahalo Gas Hub assets are the Company’s primary focus for short-term development and appraisal expansion activities with the aim of supplying gas into Australia’s east coast gas market. The talk included details on its exploration and appraisal history, geological setting, and the exciting future opportunities ahead for the project.
Also at the May meeting, Branch President Sue Slater awarded several Membership awards, including significantly a 40-year continuous membership award to Paul Marty. Twenty-year awards were presented to Sally Edwards and Brent Glassborow, and 10-year awards to John Lignum and Warwick Smyth. Other membership award winners can hopefully be presented at future events.
And in case you thought that jobs for geologists are on the decline, Sue shared an exciting opportunity from the World Stone Skimming Championships in Easdale Scotland, who hired a geologist to oversee the competition after last year was blighted by stone tampering to help the stones bounce more effectively on water.
