PESA WA branch held its annual Christmas event and AGM on Thursday 12th December at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel. There were 150 members registered for the event.
The WA Branch President, Adam Craig welcomed everyone to the event and opened the AGM with a thankyou to all the sponsors who support PESA and without whom PESA would not be able to run its events for its members.
Adam presented a summary of the years events run by the branch; including the luncheon and evening technical...
Peter Hoiles – PESA Webinar Coordinator
In early 2023, CSIRO and PESA’s Energy Transition Special Interest Group (ETSIG) joined forces to design a carbon capture and storage (CCS) knowledge transfer series. The aim of the series was to highlight to the PESA audience what is different about CCS compared to what we know about and understand from oil and gas operations. The series commenced in September 2023 and concluded in September 2024, with a total of twelve webinars...
YOU Could almost hear the palpable sigh of relief at AEP’s offices in Canberra, albeit with a healthy dose of cynicism as Victoria signalled a refreshed new attitude to resolving the state’s looming gas supply shortage.
“The Victorian Government’s commitment to fast-track approvals for new gas supply is welcome and long overdue,” AEP Chief Executive Samantha McCulloch said in a media release “but will need to be backed by immediate action if the state is to avoid looming...
Guyana and Suriname are looming as potential and competitive liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters to their Caribbean neighbours, South America and Southeast Asia, according to research by Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac).
With an estimated 13 trillion cubic feet of discovered non-associated gas in aggregate, the Haimara cluster in Guyana’s Stabroek block and the Sloanea discovery in Suriname’s Block 52 could supply up to 12 million metric tons per annum (MMtpa) of LNG by the next decade,...
By Dale Granger
US President-elect Donald Trump continues to ruffle feathers in Washington by tapping fraccing company executive Chris Wright to be secretary of energy, a key position in his new White House administration and a man with close ties to Australia.
Wright, in his capacity as chief executive of Liberty Energy, is closely linked to Australia as an investor in both Empire Energy and Tamboran Energy’s hydraulic stimulation initiatives in the Betaloo Basin in the Northern...
By Janny Spilsbury-Schakel
Firstly, a big thank you to those of you who completed the survey and helped us to shape how PESA is going to serve its members best. Our response rate was 24%. We got a good spread of responses across all the branches, however, demographically, the 25 to 39 age bracket is underrepresented in the survey when compared to our membership profile, so do bear that in mind when looking at the results!
Our main focus areas for the 2024 survey were:
The annual ASEG-PESA golf classic event was held on 15th November in glorious weather at Meadow springs where nearly 100 golfers turned out to compete for glory and prizes.
A new game was played with the Charity hole this year. As in previous years each player paid a donation to the charity to be able to compete to get nearer to the pin than the "pro". But as an added twist this year it was possible to pay an additional sum to the charity in order to "compromise" the pro. These handicaps...
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale play reached a new oil production record of 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the third quarter and is on track to hit 1 million bpd by 2030, according to Rystad Energy’s latest analysis.
The 35% year-on-year surge in third-quarter production was driven by improved productivity and expanded takeaway capacity, led by flagship operator Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) and bolstered by local independent producers.
YPF, which accounted for nearly...
Fiona Burns
On Thursday 21st November PESA WA hosted a well-attended technical evening talk at the Shoe Bar in Perth. Over 40 people gathered to hear Alex Fuerst, Senior Geologist at Molyneaux Advisors, deliver a very interesting presentation entitled “Top seal and compartmentalisation in the Kingia Play, implications for porosity preserving plays”.
Top seal and compartmentalisation in the Kingia Play, implications for porosity preserving plays”.Alex’s talk focused on the...
The Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO) will have to pay Santos $9 Million in legal fees after its failed court bid to stop the Barossa Project in the Northern Territory.
Santos, nevertheless, wants the EDO to reveal who funded its legal fees after the taxpayer-funded organisation brought the case against Santos on behalf of the Timor Islanders alleging that the pipeline would upset or anger two revered creatures the Rainbow Serpent and Crocodile Man.
Federal Court Judge Natalie...