The 2025 PESA Deal Day is set to be a pivotal event for the international oil and gas industry, bringing forward high-quality exploration, appraisal, and development opportunities from both Australia and beyond. With a growing focus on sustainability, we hope this year’s event will include exciting prospects beyond traditional oil and gas, such as the search for hydrogen, helium, geothermal and other energy forms in addition to exploration and development projects for Carbon Capture and...
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PESA Members Free Access to Knowledgette and Pete’s Webinar Picks
by Peter Hoiles – PESA Webinar Coordinator
As reported in the last gazette, the PESA webinar program has re-commenced for 2025. Recordings of most PESA webinars are available on the PESA website for members to view (more about this in a future gazette notice). In addition, PESA offers members free access to lecture and webinar recordings through Knowledgette. Knowledgette is a knowledge sharing platform that offers content from across the American Association of Petroleum Geologists...
Back to Uni mean renewal time for PESA student members
As a new academic year starts it also means it is renewal time for all of our PESA student members, whose membership will automatically lapse on 31st March unless renewed.
To continue your PESA student membership you will need to provide to PESA membership - membership@pesa.com.au:
- Evidence to support your status as a PESA Student Member (select one from the options below or similar)
- Student number and/or copy of student card
- Expected year of graduation
Such evidence...
Congratulations Andrew
Congratulations to Andrew Riznyczok who has been awarded a Meritorious Service Award for his work as the Secretary of the ACT-NSW Branch for the last 10 years.
Many thanks Andrew! We look forward to presenting the award to you at the AGM in May.
Andrew Riznyczok graduated with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Geology at the University of NSW in 2015. During Andrew’s university semester break, he began in the petroleum industry working for Bridgeport Energy as a sample catcher...
Looking Forward to PESA deal day 2025
The PESA 2025 Deal Day will bring high quality exploration, appraisal and development
opportunities from Australia and beyond to the attention of the international oil and gas
industry. The Deal Day is to be held in conjunction with the 2025 AEP Conference (formerly
APPEA) thereby ensuring a wide exposure to industry leaders.
Company representatives will review the technical and commercial aspects of their
opportunities via short presentations, using selected data. There will be time...
Chris Watts – New Insights into Energy Geoscience from Postgraduate Research
The Horstman Federal Postgraduate Scholarship, initially launched by PESA in 2019,
continues to attract a growing number of talented applicants pursuing energy geoscience
focussed PhD and Masters projects at universities across Australia.
Last year, a record 21 applications were received for the PESA Horstman Federal
Postgraduate Scholarship from candidates based in Brisbane, Sydney, Wollongong,
Adelaide, and Perth. Research topics were very diverse, ranging from regional basin...
PESA Strategy – towards 2030
Every four-five years the PESA Federal Board spend a day meeting in person (where possible) to review and update the Society’s strategic plan. The first such plan was released in 2016 with the aim of navigating the downturn in the industry and building foundations for PESA’s future. The second plan (Towards 2024) was released in 2019 with a 5 year operational time frame set within a 10 year planning horizon. The plan was revisited in 2021 but had the means to weather the Covid-19...
2025 PESA Webinar Series Kicks Off
Peter Hoiles – PESA Webinar Coordinator
Running into its sixth year, the PESA Webinar Series has returned for 2025. Generally run every second Tuesday of the month from February to about November, the series offers members from all states and territories the opportunity to hear updates, challenges, stories and field examples from Australia and across the world.
The series kicked off for 2025 on Tuesday the 4th of February, with a talk by Donald Christie from Fugro. In this...
Upcoming Webinar in collaboration with the CCUS Network Australia – 19th Feb
The CCUS Network Australia is hosting its next webinar on Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 11am (Perth time). In this installment of the CCUSNA Webinar Series, Julian Cheng, Partner at Gilbert + Tobin, will talk about "Navigating the Tax Landscape for CCS Projects".
Abstract:
This presentation will cover key tax considerations relevant to CCS projects including:
- The structuring of such projects, taxation of domestic and foreign resident investors, and recent taxation changes that...
PESA members get discount on registration to the Australian Energy Producers conference
PESA members (make sure you are logged in) can access a 10% discount on registration to the upcoming Australian Energy Producers Conference & Exhibition in Brisbane from 26–29 May 2025.
Just click here
Under the theme ‘The Energy Edge | Innovation, Opportunity, Security’, the conference will set the platform for the essential discussions, debates, and knowledge sharing to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping our industry.
Australia has the resources to be a global...