Society News

PESA Symposium 2025 – Juggling the Energy Mix

08/09/2025 Posted by Rachel

Symposium Chair Melanie Fitzell and the Queensland branch committee delivered another successful one-day symposium on Monday 1st September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The conference opening address was delivered by the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Honourable Dale Last, who closed his speech with the words: “you drill, I sign”. This was followed by a Keynote address from Darren Moor, Executive Director Georesources from the same department, and a final Keynote from industry stalwart Rick Wilkinson of Energy Quest “Energy plan or just muddling through?”.

A technical session featuring CCS and geothermal followed morning tea, three top quality presentations from Nikki Accornero (Accornero Advisory), Rachel Kieft (Santos) and Ray Johnson and Heinz-Gerd Holl (Novus).

Background to resolution on Retired members from AGM May 2025

26/08/2025 Posted by Helen

By Max Williamson

FCA PESA Distinguished Member

For and on behalf of the NSW Branch Executive Team

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Ltd

NSW Branch

GPO Box 625 Sydney NSW 2001

(Incorporated in WA) A.B.N 12 009 061 278

PESA GAZETTE - BACKGROUND TO RESOLUTION ON RETIRED MEMBERS

Date: 26 May 2025 5.00pm

Place: AGM PESA - Rydges Hotel Southbank

The Motion:

The Annual renewal fee for members who have retired and are not working in a paid role or paid employment be reduced to the sum of $50 per annum starting from renewals after 31 December 2025.

Business:

AEGC conference in Perth, September 8-11th

10/07/2025 Posted by Helen

Early bird registration is open until 18th July, so register now

Check out the list of accepted papers here

We are delighted to invite you to the Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC) 2025, taking place in the beautiful city of Perth, Australia from 8-11 September 2025. AEGC is the premier event for petroleum and mineral geoscience in Australasia and promises to be an exciting and enriching experience, bringing geologists, geophysicists, geochemists and industry professionals from across the globe.

Perth is known for its stunning landscapes and vibrant culture, is the perfect backdrop for the 2025 conference.

PESA 2025 Awards

09/06/2025 Posted by Helen

The best bit about our AGM is being able to hand out the awards.

MSA Award

The 2025 PESA Meritorious Service Award (MSA), which recognizes individuals who voluntarily provide exceptional service to PESA at State or Federal level over a significant period of time, has gone to Andrew Riznyczok from the NSW Branch. He will be receiving his award at a Branch event later this year.

Barry Goldstein Award

We received several worthy nominations this year, with the final selection focussing on the key skills of innovation, collaboration and communication.

Of Firewalls and Spam Filters

09/06/2025 Posted by Helen

If you receive this Gazette, you may just be lucky. Did you know that a large number of our members apparently never hear from us?

If you use your company email address, a hotmail or a gmail account, this likelyhood that correspondence from PESA is intercepted and lands in your SPAM folder, or never even makes it in, is rather high.

So, please check with your co-workers, friends and family, anyone who could (or should) be a PESA member, and get them to update their contact details to preferably a personal email account.

AEP presentations to look out for

09/05/2025 Posted by Helen

The Australian Energy Producers conference is only a few weeks away, so for those of you planning on attending we have prepared you a summary of papers written by PESA members that would be good to go and see presented.

Tues 27 May, session 3 - 2:02–2:20 pm

“Australia is still an attractive investment destination for exploration and development”

Joe Keith from S&P Global

Tues 27 May, session 5 - 2:02–2:20 pm

"Northern Territory gas development – How access to technology is unlocking resources"

Simon Molyneux from Molyneux Advisors

Tues 27 May, session 3 - 2:59 –3:17 pm

PESA Year in Review session for AEP

09/05/2025 Posted by Helen

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Catch up on all the highlights of 2024 from across the Australian upstream industry in this session which is an annual conference staple.

2024 2024 Exploration year in reviewSue Slater (Consultant)2024 Development and Production ReviewMartin Wilkes (RISC Advisory)2024 Business Environment year in reviewAnne Forbes (Wood Mackenzie)

Ms Sue Slater

QLD Branch Vice President

PESA Energy Geoscience

2:02 PM - 2:26 PM

Abstract

Petroleum exploration expenditure increased both offshore and onshore compared to 2023 numbers, however this does not equate to a commensurate increase in activity.

PESA AGM Monday, 26 May @ 5:00 pm Rydges South Bank Brisbane

09/05/2025 Posted by Helen

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA LTD

I have great pleasure in inviting all Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Limited (PESA) voting members to the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on:

Date: Monday, 26 May 2025

Time: 1700 hrs AEST

Location: Rydges South Bank, 9 Glenelg Street, South Bank QLD(Note: To be held in the same room and directly after the PESA Deal Day)

Members can now access the Notice of Annual General Meeting and related documents via this link: https://pesa.com.au/agm-notice-2025/.

PESA Deal Day

11/03/2025 Posted by Helen

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 Storage (CCS).

Held in conjunction with the 2025 Australian Energy Producers Conference and Exhibition, PESA Deal Day ensures attendees have access to a wide range of industry leaders and experts.