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PESA Symposium 2025 – Juggling the Energy Mix

08/09/2025 Posted by Rachel

Symposium Chair Melanie Fitzell and the Queensland branch committee delivered another successful one-day symposium on Monday 1st September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The conference opening address was delivered by the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Honourable Dale Last, who closed his speech with the words: “you drill, I sign”. This was followed by a Keynote address from Darren Moor, Executive Director Georesources from the same department, and a final Keynote from industry stalwart Rick Wilkinson of Energy Quest “Energy plan or just muddling through?”.

A technical session featuring CCS and geothermal followed morning tea, three top quality presentations from Nikki Accornero (Accornero Advisory), Rachel Kieft (Santos) and Ray Johnson and Heinz-Gerd Holl (Novus).

Women’s Leadership Scholarships

15/08/2025 Posted by Janny

Advance your career with with an Energy Sector women's leadership scholarship, provided by Women & Leadership Australia.

Available Now: Partial scholarships for women in the Energy & Utilities Industry ranging from $700 to $5,000 per person, for one of four leadership and workplace skill development programs. These four range from workplace skills to early career managers, mid-level managers and senior & executive leaders.

These scholarships are aimed at encouraging more women to increase their impact at work, progress their career, and step into leadership roles.

Registrations of interest close on Friday 22nd August 2025.

Via our website: https://www.wla.edu.au/industry/energy/

Carbon Loop #010 – CCUSNA newsletter

10/07/2025 Posted by Helen

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Hello and welcome to The Carbon Loop — a newsletter by the CCUSNA dedicated to highlighting the Australian carbon capture, utilisation and storage industry

U.S. DOE Pulls Plug on $3.6 Billion in Clean Energy Grants

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has axed 24 federally funded clean energy projects worth over $3.6 billion. Most were industrial decarb, hydrogen, or CCS-related, and many hadn’t hit milestones or “advanced energy needs,” according to the DOE.

“We will not continue to fund projects that aren’t meeting basic milestones.” – Chris Wright

The cutbacks follow a months-long review of Infrastructure Law funding.

Core Storage is at Capacity at the Exploration Data Centre in Zillmere, your Support is Needed!

12/06/2025 Posted by Janny

The Exploration Data Centre (EDC) in Zillmere, QLD is a cornerstone of Queensland's geoscientific infrastructure, preserving and providing access to an extensive collection of geological core samples and drill cuttings. These samples are fundamental to research, mineral and energy exploration, and long-term resource planning for the state. However, the facility is currently at or near full capacity, significantly limiting the ability to archive new sedimentary cores from exploration, appraisal and development programs.

At the Australian Energy Producers (AEP) Conference held in Brisbane from May 26–29, 2025, significant discussions centred on Queensland's oil and gas investment outlook.

PESA Booth at AEP

12/06/2025 Posted by Helen

Some happy snaps from the booth (Sue Slater and Janny, and another one of Farah Fazulah, Talline Zarzavatjian and Janny)

Sangomar Production Update

11/03/2025 Posted by Matthew.Quinn

Woodside, operator of the recently onstream Sangomar oil field provided a production update in February.

Sangomar is located approximately 100km offshore Senegal in a water depth of 800m. Development phase 1 saw 11 producers, 10 water injectors and two gas injectors producing oil back to the “Leopold Sedar Senghor” FPSO with over 80% of production coming from the S500 reservoirs.

The FPSO arrived at the site in February 2024 with commissioning and hooking up of the wells occurring in the first half of the year.

Sangomar came onstream in June 2024 and produced 13.