Society News

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.

PESA Members Free Access to Knowledgette and Pete’s Webinar Picks

09/03/2025 Posted by Helen

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 (AAPG), the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG), and PESA.

Back to Uni mean renewal time for PESA student members

25/02/2025 Posted by Helen

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:

Such evidence needs to clearly show proof of your current enrolment as a student, which may include:

Upon receipt and verification of this evidence your PESA membership and associated benefits will be renewed until 31 March next year.

Have you recently graduated? If so, apply online for the discounted PESA Graduate membership.

If you have any questions about your membership or any other issue, please do not hesitate to contact us any time.

Congratulations Andrew

13/02/2025 Posted by Matthew.Quinn

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 at the rig site.

After completing university, he began work as a technical assistant at Bridgeport Energy and has worked up to his current role as a geologist on the exploration team.

Looking Forward to PESA deal day 2025

12/02/2025 Posted by Helen

The PESA 2025 Deal Day will bring high quality exploration, appraisal and developmentopportunities from Australia and beyond to the attention of the international oil and gasindustry. The Deal Day is to be held in conjunction with the 2025 AEP Conference (formerlyAPPEA) thereby ensuring a wide exposure to industry leaders.

Company representatives will review the technical and commercial aspects of theiropportunities via short presentations, using selected data. There will be time during andafter the seminar to discuss additional details with interested parties in private.

The registration fee for presenters is A$840 and for attendees is A$450. Registrations madeafter 19/05/2025 are A$550.