PESA WA Branch has mourned the passing of another giant of a geologist, namely former Branch President Grant Ellis, who was both fondly and sadly remembered at his funeral where the following tributes were read out to his life and legacy.
Grant was born in 1949, the second child of Norma and Ken Ellis. He and his sisters Bronwyn, Jan
and Yvonne lived in Adelaide. He went to Black Forest Primary School and later Marion High School.
His interest in rocks and big collection of them led to...
PESA (Qld) Branch committee member and Santos Geologist, Katherine (Kat) Gioseffi, was the successful recipient of a PESA Meritorious Service Award (MSA) for 2024 in recognition of her unwavering passion for energy geoscience and her dedication to increasing society participation among early-career graduates.
Kat, who received her MSA at the Australian Energy Producers Conference and Exhibition in Perth in May, was nominated by the PESA (Qld) Branch in recognition of her steadfast...
PESA was one of several associations from around the world with a presence at the 85th EAGE Conference & Exhibition held in Oslo in June, attended by WA member Lauren Found who was truly inspired.
At the conference, Lauren spoke with the EAGE board and the representatives from other international associations, exchanging stories about the range of activities that are carried out by each organisation that keep people aware of exploration activities and research through the technical...
John Gorter, one of Perth and PESA’s most loved members, passed away on May 18 in Madagascar. Tributes to John’s life and legacy flowed instantaneously for a husband, father, geologist and friend who will be sorely missed and fondly remembered in the minds of all who knew him.
John was born in Canberra, the eldest of four children. He attended Turner Primary School and Lyneham High School. He spent three years high schools in Belgium and England, which gave him an appetite for the...
At the June technical meeting one of the long-standing members of the SA/NT
Branch, Geoff Wood received his certificate for 40 years of continuous membership from Branch President, John Kaldi – congratulations Geoff!
Under the brilliant leadership of the PESA SA/NT Branch Vice President, Paul Strong, 2024 has seen
the regular monthly lunchtime meetings continue with a smorgasbord of topics which are highly
recommended for other branches and...
PESA WA June Technical Lunch: Demystifying Safe GCS Solutions for the Barrow-Dampier
PESA hosted a successful June Technical Lunch at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth on Thursday, June 27th.
The event attracted over 60 attendees from West Australian oil and gas companies, universities and government bodies.
SLB Exploration Lead Mr. David Barlass took centre stage, introducing a captivating presentation on safe geological carbon dioxide storage (GCS) techniques applicable to the...
The annual ASEG-PESA golf classic event was held on 24th November in scorching temperatures at the Vines golf resort in the Swan Valley. 112 golfers turned out to compete for glory and prizes.
We are happy to announce that the results were:
Team Winners
1st – Marcel Rive, Jeromy Depledge, Damien O’Rourke, Vincent Ganivet
2nd – Andrew Watts, Rafi Jerejian , Zac McCarrey and Bow Kocijan
3rd – Nick David, Paul Rheinberg, Brian Sharp, Karl Perry.
Individual Winners
On Friday 12th August around 60 of the WA members gathered at the Celtic Club in West Perth for our annual Winter Warmer, a night of good natured socialising.
The event was kindly sponsored by Qeye
The raffle this year was in aid of the National Rock Garden in Canberra, which aims to raise awareness of the diversity of Rocks in Australia, and foster an interest in Geology from the public and hopefully translate into starting some young people towards a dream of Geology....
The PESA SA/NT Branch has played a drum roll and announced the winners of the Branch’s two research prizes for 2021.
Once again, the Queensland Branch has held its Christmas Lunch on the first Friday of December. A good crowd enjoyed the new venue on the Pool Terrace at the Brisbane Hilton on a typical summer day after seemingly endless rain in the weeks before.