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PESA WA Branch’s April Technical Talk

24/04/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

The April monthly technical talk was held by PESA WA Branch with over 50 people attending, with special gratitude to our four sponsors: Spectrum (Platinum), CGG (Gold), Searcher Seismic (Gold) and DUG (Gold). WA Branch President, Helen Debenham, opened the meeting with the brief introduction of upcoming Branch events. Helen also announced new activities of our sponsors, including large projects of reprocessing 3D and 2D data in Otway Basin (Spectrum) and Gippsland Basin (CGG). Both projects will assist exploration activities to unlock future potential in eastern Australia.

PESA WA SHORT COURSE – The Practical Application of Sequence Stratigraphic Principles

19/04/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

PESA WA was pleased to host Dr. Simon Sturrock on 12 -13 April as facilitator of a short course in The Practical Application of Sequence Stratigraphic Principles. Chevron Australia provided the Perth CBD classroom venue and student places were generously sponsored by Carnarvon Petroleum. The sessions were descriptive, interactive, and coloured with many anecdotes. Strong attendance by students and established professional of varying backgrounds made for informative and collaborative discussions.

On the Topic of Lithostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy

29/03/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

PESA WA Branch hosted their March technical talk with over 70 people attending, with special thanks to our four sponsors: Spectrum (Platinum), CGG (Gold), Searcher Seismic (Gold) and DUG (Gold). After a delicious lunch, the WA Branch Vice – President, Victoria Seesaha, opened the meeting with the Branch updates.

Stepping out on an ancient coastline at Peppermint Grove

21/03/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

Following the first technical talk of 2018, PESA WA Branch hosted the first evening field trip in partnership with the Geological Society of Australia (GSA) on 6 and 8 March, run over two evenings to cope with demand. Dr Milo Barham, an expert in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy from Curtin University, led the field trip which focused on exploring the well-exposed, Pleistocene-aged Tamala Limestone. The mini field trip covered six stops along a charming pathway next to the Swan River, stopping at various outcrops for observations and discussion before leading to the next.

Successful 2018 start for PESA WA Technical Series

02/03/2018 Posted by Alison McLeod

2018 promises to be an exciting year for the WA Branch Technical Series, with many thanks to our four sponsors; Spectrum (Platinum), CGG (Gold), Searcher Seismic (Gold) and DUG (Gold). At the commencement of the luncheon, WA Branch President Helen Debenham opened the first technical series of the year with the usual Branch introduction, with special thanks to our sponsors, before announcing all the new and exciting upcoming 2018 Branch events to an audience of over 70 people.

Fabulous fairway fun at PESA ASEG Golf Classic

27/11/2017 Posted by Dale

[caption id="attachment_62759" align="alignnone" width="350"] Aggregate winners The ION team of Jeromy DePledge, Gerry Spanninga, Kim McInerney and Graeme Eastwood.[/caption] To mark the 30th anniversary of the annual Golf Classic, the organisers pulled out all the stops this year to secure the Cut Golf Course in Dawesville, just south of Mandurah, to give Adam Scott wannabees the chance to drive for show, putt for prizes and then strut their stuff on the fairways.

PESA WA evening talks close for 2016 on a successful note

12/12/2016 Posted by Dale

The last of the technical evenings talks was given by Anthony Gartrell, an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, on November 24 at the Mantra Hotel. Anthony has over 20 years of experience as a petroleum geologist working for WMC, CSIRO and Shell Brunei and Australia offices before he became an independent consultant geologist in 2013. Anthony shared with the WA Branch members his views on “controls on sequence stratigraphic architecture using examples from NW Borneo and the NW Shelf”. It was a great turn up with 70 people attending the talk.

PESA students explore the Core

10/11/2016 Posted by Dale

[caption id="attachment_51183" align="alignnone" width="350"] SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES[/caption] PESA WA organised the first student core workshop on the 21st of October 2016 at the DMP Core library, with the aim of providing the opportunity to PESA student members to view, learn, discuss and familiarise themselves with sequence stratigraphy and core logging, writes Marlene Woligroski. This event was planned and coordinated by students from Curtin University (Victoria Seesaha and Jordan McGlew) and University of Western Australia (Matus Kovac and David Hu), through the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Curtin Student Chapter and the PESA UWA Student Chapter.

WA workshop gets to the Core of the matter

21/10/2016 Posted by Dale

[caption id="attachment_50789" align="alignnone" width="200"] Tidal deposits, the red bar corresponds to one lunar cycle.[/caption] THE WA Branch dug to the Core with a popular and well received annual workshop which took place at the Department of Mining and Petroleum’s Core Library in Perth. The two-day workshop, conducted on September 29-30, was presented by Robert Seggie (Woodside), Dr. Simon Lang (Chevron), Bruce Ainsworth (Chevron), Prof. Peter McCab (University of Adelaide) and Dr. Amely Allgoewe (MGPalaeo). A total of 38 people had registered to follow the course, comprising a majority of geologists and geophysicists, and a few reservoir engineers.