February 2020
PESA SA/NT Evening Cocktails: Finding the right stuff – Oil vs. gas and the perils of pre-drill prediction
Figure 1 (title figure, above): Schematic view of the fluid distribution in the Dorado Field as reported before and after the first appraisal well Finding the right stuff: Oil vs. gas and the perils of pre-drill prediction Andrew Murray1 and Zhiyong He2 1Murray Partners PPSA Pty. Ltd., 2Zetaware Inc In 1980 BP drilled the Phoenix-1 wildcat well in the Bedout Sub-Basin, a hitherto unexplored area of the North West Shelf (NWS). Although the province is famously gas prone, the target was…
Find out more »PESA – SPE – ASEG Summer Social
Please join us for the joint PESA-SPE-ASEG summer social to kick off 2020. Food, drinks and a chance to catch up. Please advise any dietary requirements
Find out more »PESA WA SSIG 2nd Meeting
For the second meeting of the PESA WA Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Interest Group, we will be looking at one of the classic cores from Western Australia, Hovea-3, along with core from the recently drilled Mondarra-7 well. While we will get to see the Permo-Triassic boundary in all it’s glory, the main focus of this meeting will be looking at changes to shallow marine conditions in a marine transgression, with the shallow marine sands of the aptly named Dongara Sandstone showing lovely…
Find out more »March 2020
CANCELLED – PESA WA March evening talk – Stratigraphic analysis of sediment gravity flow deposits and implications
CANCELLED Hosted with thanks to our sponsors: This talk will hopefully be rearranged to run later in the year, Perhaps November... PESA WA invites you to our March technical evening talk on Thursday 19th March “Stratigraphic analysis of sediment gravity flow deposits and implications” Presented by Jon Rotzein Abstract: We provide a field-based analysis of the range and variation in deep-water siliciclastic conventional petroleum reservoirs. This presentation explores new themes in petroleum reservoir research and applications, as well as approaches…
Find out more »June 2020
PESA SA/NT Virtual Wine Tasting with Jericho Wines
Please join PESA SA-NT Branch on Wednesday 3rd June for a guided virtual tasting of six wines from Jericho Wines (https://jerichowines.com.au/), starting at 6:30 p.m.. Winemaker Neil Jericho will spend the first hour or so talking us through the 2 white and 4 red wines in their special, limited-duration tasting pack (https://jerichowines.com.au/product/tasting-pack-6-x-100ml/). After that, PESA members are welcome to continue the festivities! The pack contains a set of tasting notes, a $10 voucher redeemable against the online purchase of wines from…
Find out more »PESA SA/NT Virtual Wine Tasting with Dowie Doole
Please join PESA SA-NT Branch on Wednesday 17th June for a guided virtual tasting of six wines from Dowie Doole (https://www.dowiedoole.com/), starting at 6:30 p.m.. Winemaker Chris Thomas will spend the first hour or so talking us through six fabulous Dowie Doole wines based on their special, limited-duration Highlights tasting pack (https://www.dowiedoole.com/tasting-pod-pack-highlights). After that, PESA members are welcome to continue the festivities! The pack contains information about Dowie Doole, the wines and the vineyards and six 100ml tasting samples (equivalent…
Find out more »July 2020
PESA WA : Evening talk – Prospectivity of the Vulcan sub-basin. The power of new seismic imaging to unlock a basin’s secrets.
Hosted with thanks to our sponsors: Molyneux Advisors and Multi-Client Resources. Prospectivity of the Vulcan sub-basin. The power of new seismic imaging to unlock a basin’s secrets. Simon Molyneux and Stephen Doyle. Thusday 23rd July 6pm (for talk start at 6.45pm) Cost: PESA Members: $15.00 (Members must Log on to the PESA website to see the member prices)…
Find out more »October 2020
PESA WA : Evening talk – The last day of the Permian – or just another day in WA? – A Discussion
The last day of the Permian – or just another day in WA? – A Discussion Prof. Chris Elders Thusday 1st October 6pm (for talk start at 6.45pm) Cost: PESA Members: $15.00 (Members must Log on to the PESA website to see the member prices) Non-members: $30.00 PESA Students Members: Free (registration is essential) Bookings close Thusday 4pm for venue and catering purposes. Abstract We have recently been presented with the intriguing suggestion that the Bedout High, and other circular structures in…
Find out more »November 2020
PESA WA : Evening talk – From Wells Correlation to Stratigraphic Modelling: Understanding the Complexity of Shale-Plays and Source-Rocks
Hosted with thanks to our sponsors: CSIRO From Wells Correlation to Stratigraphic Modelling: Understanding the Complexity of Shale-Plays and Source-Rocks Vincent Crombez Tuesday 3rd November 6pm (for talk start at 6.45pm) Cost: PESA Members: $15.00 (Members must Log on to the PESA website to see the member prices) Non-members: $30.00 PESA Students Members: Free (registration is essential) Bookings close 12noon for venue and catering purposes. Abstract For decades, source-rocks have been considered “black boxes” that generate hydrocarbons. Over the past 15…
Find out more »PESA WA 2020 Young Professionals Speakers Night
PESA WA invites you to their November Young Professionals Speaker Night. This is the perfect opportunity to socialise with your industry peers and enjoy two technical talks given by George Mills (Carnarvon Petroleum) and Partha Pratim Mandal (Phd student at Curtin) Talk 1: George Mills CO 2 rich magmatic hydrothermal fluids: The implications on Mungaroo reservoir quality, Southern Exmouth Sub-basin case study Abstract: Carnarvon Petroleum, in collaboration with CSIRO and UWA, aimed to investigate the mechanisms driving reservoir variability in…
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