Society News

Chris Watts – New Insights into Energy Geoscience from Postgraduate Research

12/02/2025 Posted by Helen

The Horstman Federal Postgraduate Scholarship, initially launched by PESA in 2019,continues to attract a growing number of talented applicants pursuing energy geosciencefocussed PhD and Masters projects at universities across Australia.

Last year, a record 21 applications were received for the PESA Horstman FederalPostgraduate Scholarship from candidates based in Brisbane, Sydney, Wollongong,Adelaide, and Perth. Research topics were very diverse, ranging from regional basin studiesto CO2 sequestration and storage projects as well as experimental hydrogen resourcestudies.

The overall technical quality of research projects continued to impress, with many projectshaving the potential for providing new insights into current areas of interest in energygeoscience.

PESA Strategy – towards 2030

11/02/2025 Posted by Helen

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 pandemic in place so did not need significant updates.

2025 PESA Webinar Series Kicks Off

11/02/2025 Posted by Helen

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.

Upcoming Webinar in collaboration with the CCUS Network Australia – 19th Feb

11/02/2025 Posted by Helen

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:

Speaker Biography:

With over 25 years’ experience, Julian Cheng provides tax advisory services to the full spectrum of clients. His clients include public and private corporate groups, fund managers across various asset classes, consortiums and joint ventures and high net worth individuals.

PESA members get discount on registration to the Australian Energy Producers conference

09/02/2025 Posted by Helen

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 superpower to 2050 and beyond. However, we cannot take our edge for granted.

SEAPEX SEC 2025 conference – 6-9th May 2025 – Singapore

09/01/2025 Posted by Helen

PESA are proud to be supporting SEAPEX with the upcoming SEC 2025 conference.

Please visit https://www.seapex.org/seapexconf/ for more information.

2024 Membership Survey

10/12/2024 Posted by Dale

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:

So, the average PESA member, if there is such a thing, is unsurprisingly still a male geoscientist, with 30+ years of experience.