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OPINION PIECE – Climate Change and the Demise of PESA – By Dennis Morton

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By Dennis Morton - Member NSW branch https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-morton-a7587121/

Australia’s petroleum exploration and production industry has been in decline for decades and professional societies like PESA-Australia are suffering. Membership is falling, meeting and conference attendance is low and branch budgets are under pressure. Without significant change branches in Victoria and NSW may fold. The ACT branch merged with NSW after Geoscience Australia discouraged employee involvement, citing federal government policies that demonise fossil fuels.

Academia has also been affected with most Earth Science faculties in Australian universities closing.

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

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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.

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PESA ETSIG CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series

PESA / CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series wraps up

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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 presented. 

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2024 Membership Survey

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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.

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