The recent release by the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor of the Federal Government’s Technology Investment Roadmap discussion paper has been endorsed as “an important step to achieving a lower carbon economy”.
Welcoming the release of the discussion paper, APPEA Chief Executive Andrew McConville agreed that the path to a lower carbon future must include investing in energy technology at home and abroad.
“The discussion paper clearly identifies...
Searcher has announced that it achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system.
The certification covers the provision of geological, geophysical, geotechnical and GIS data acquisition, collection, processing and interpretation to the exploration and resources sectors. Following an extensive audit process, the certification was issued to Searcher by SAI Global in April 2020, the company said.
Alan Hopping, Executive Vice President of Operations for Searcher,...
Neptune Energy announced the successful acquisition of the 3D broadband seismic survey of the extensive Petrel field located in the Bonaparte basin of Australia.
The 2,900 km2 survey significantly expanded the area of seismic data Neptune holds and increased the quality and breadth of data.
Initial findings from the survey have been received with the remaining processed data due to be delivered later this year.
Internal analysis and interpretation of the acquired...
Shearwater GeoServices has announced the award by Apache of a 4D seismic survey with 3D extension over the Forties Field in the UK North Sea.
“We are very pleased to see a Shearwater Qmarine 4D crew returning to the Forties Field for the fourth time,” said Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater GeoServices.
“The project adds to the North Sea 4D program we announced earlier this year and we continue to demonstrate industry leading technology and experience in 4D seismic.”
Senex Energy announced it had agreed a further domestic gas sales agreement with power generator CleanCo Queensland for 2.55 petajoules (PJ) of natural gas.
Under the one-year agreement, Senex will supply CleanCo with 2.55 PJ of natural gas from Atlas, commencing 1 January 2021. Gas will be supplied at the Wallumbilla Gas Hub in Queensland at a fixed price in line with current market levels.
CleanCo is the new Queensland Government-owned corporation focused on delivering affordable...
NOPSEMA is assessing a decommissioning plan submitted by Woodside for subsea infrastructure no longer required for production from the Echo Yodel field located in the Dampier Sub-Basin in permit WA-23-L.
The plan, which was was submitted on April 17, make provision for Woodside to permanently plug for abandonment purposes the Yodel-3 and Yodel-4 production wells and the Capella 1 exploration well via the deployment of a mobile offshore drilling unit.
Plugging for the three wells is...
DUG has announced the signing of a three-year contract with Polarcus to utilise hardware and software for data processing and seismic acquisition quality control (QC) onboard Polarcus’ fleet of seismic vessels.
DUG said it will provide workstations, storage, processing nodes, and software onboard Polarcus vessels.
"This marks the sixth year of Polarcus’ commitment to DUG technology for the provision of data processing and QC services," DUG said.
Australian geoscientists reported a deterioration in employment in the first three months of 2020. Fears, however, that the coronavirus pandemic would have a deep and dramatic impact on employment, have not as yet materialised.
Unemployment amongst Australia’s geoscientists increased to 10.0% at the end of the March 2020 quarter compared to 7.3% at the end of the 2019 December quarter. Under-employment amongst self-employed geoscientists increased from 13.1% to 18.1% for the same...
APPEA has welcomed the announcement by Queensland Resources Minister Anthony Lynham of a range of measures to support exploration as the industry confronts challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
These measures announced will provide for relief and flexibility to support explorers. It also encourages innovative exploration activities through a direct grant process.
The package provides companies with the ability to continue to operate now, and respond quickly when the...
A new publication summarising more than 50 years of geoscience research on Western Australia’s microbialites is setting a new standard for the study of some of Earth’s oldest fossils. Created by microbes, some of these fossils date back to the Archean period, around 3.5 billion years ago.
Eminent scientist and retired Chief Paleontologist from the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA), Dr Kathleen Grey, worked with Professor Stanley Awramik from the University of California,...