PESA Branch Activities

Dr John Kaldi wins rare International Award

30/09/2024 Posted by Dale

The SA/NT PESA Branch President, Dr John Kaldi was recently awarded the SidneyPowers Award by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) at the2024 IMAGE meeting in Houston.

PESA is an affiliate of AAPG. The SidneyPowers Memorial Award is given "…in recognition of distinguished and outstanding contributions to, or achievements in, petroleum geology".

It is AAPG’s most distinguished award and the award's previous recipients reads likea "who's who" of geo-legends, amazing scientists and inspirational leaders.Congratulations John being worthy to be in this rarified atmosphere.

PESA Lunch Digests the Year in Review and Ponders Future ones to come

11/09/2024 Posted by Dale

The PESA WA Branch hosted a successful luncheon on August 15, 2024, at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth.The event began with welcoming remarks from Matthew Docherty, followed by a significant announcement from PESA President Helen Debenham, who proudly revealed the winner ofthe 2024 Survey. This annual survey is a testament to PESA’s dedication to recognizing excellence and innovation within the petroleum exploration and geosciences field.

The highlight was a presentation by Adam Craig, Principal Advisory at RISC Advisory.

SA/NT Serves up a Smorgasbord of ‘Highly Recommended’ Lunches with lots to Chew Over

10/09/2024 Posted by Dale

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 webinars.

July 2024 – Markus Häring,who recently returned to Adelaide to retire, spoke on Exploration for radioactive waste repositories near urban areas. Safe long term storage of nuclear waste is required even in countries without nuclear power plants. Switzerland produces about one third of its power with nuclear energy.

Melbana Energy talks Amistad-1 success to sell-out crowd

10/09/2024 Posted by Dale

Melbana Energy’s Duncan Lockhart presented to an enthusiastic crowd of energygeoscientists (and prospective Melbana Energy shareholders) at the PESA (Qld) Branch’sMay 2024 technical luncheon and Annual General Meeting.

Duncan presented the results of Melbana Energy’s Amistad-1 discovery well, whichrecovered oil from three separate reservoirs and flowed >1900bopd from Unit 1B in 2023.Duncan also walked the luncheon attendees through the company’s next planned steps inCuba, including plans for a 400km 2 3D seismic survey and potential paths to market for therecovered resource.

Word of the substantial interest in Melbana Energy’s talk spread quickly, with Duncan quicklybeing approached by enthusiastic members of the PESA NSW Branch to take hispresentation on the road.

Queensland’s Kat Gioseffi receives PESA Meritorious Service Award

10/09/2024 Posted by Dale

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 pursuit of recruiting and retaining students and young career professionals to the upstream resources industry.

Kat commenced her support of PESA in 2014 as a student member, during which time she was the QUT recipient of the John Draper Award in recognition of her high academic achievement in the fields of sedimentology and stratigraphy.

PESA WA-SPE annual joint event is once again well attended and enjoyed by all

15/08/2024 Posted by Dale

PESA West Australia and SPE West Australia, the two largest oil and gas professional organizationsin Perth, held their annual joint event on Thursday, 18 July.

Zhang Xi Po was at the event, hosted at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth, and said it was a resounding success with about 100 attendees from government bodies, oil and gas companies, and universities in attendance.

The evening began with a networking session, followed by engaging presentations. The presentersaddressed questions from the excited audience, contributing to the dynamic and interactiveatmosphere.SPE WA Section Charman Jeff Zhang and PESA WA President Adam Craig made the openingspeeches.

Rosie Johnstone, a sedimentologist and geoscientist with over 25 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and carbon capture and storage (CCS), currently works with Geovault.

Vale Grant Ellis

15/08/2024 Posted by Dale

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, Janand 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 his bedroom being called ‘Grant’s Tomb’.

Kat Gioseffi receives PESA Meritorius Service Award

14/08/2024 Posted by Dale

Lauren was enlightened by EAGE in Oslo

12/07/2024 Posted by Dale

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 programmes, as well as keeping members connected through networking event.

As a Young Professional in the energy industry, a lot of...

Vale John Gorter – 25 July 1948 to 18 May 2024

12/07/2024 Posted by Dale

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 global village.

John graduated with Honours in Science, majoring in geology.