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)…
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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…
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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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PESA, SPE and ASEG Vic/Tas Branch Joint Social Evening
Please join us for a sunny (hopefully) riverside evening to enjoy some drinks and nibbles to kick off 2021. This is a joint event with SPE and ASEG, and is for members only, so please renew your membership before booking in. This year we will be at Common Man at South Wharf and we will be outside in our own section of the venue.
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PESA WA: YPP after work drinks – The Balmoral hotel
After Work Drinks for Young professionals and Early career professionals Come along to the Balmoral Hotel from 4pm on Friday to network with other Young or early career professionals. The Student core afternoon are going to be meeting there too, so you will get a chance to meet some of the students and instructors from that course.
Find out more »PESA WA : Evening talk – A geophysicist, a petrophysicist and a geologist walk into a bar…
Hosted with thanks to our sponsors: Qeye A geophysicist, a petrophysicist and a geologist walk into a bar... Rob Ross An introduction to probabilistic seismic inversion methods without the maths or the big words. Probabilistic methods are the most recent techniques to be applied to the challenge of seismic reservoir characterization. Without using too many big words or equations this talk will explore how these methods are able to leverage knowledge from other domains, for example geology and petrophysics, to dramatically improve subsurface models.…
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PESA QLD: Evening Presentation, 22nd April – Mel Fitzell and Dr Grazia Gargiulo
This month, PESA QLD is happy to welcome Mel Fitzell and Dr Grazia Gargiulo to present an evening technical talk entitled “Legacy coal bores, overlapping tenure and the use of drone methane detection technology.” The Evening Presentation will be held at the Transcontinental Hotel, on the Platform level with drinks and finger food served in the Dining Hall and Deck Area. Please note the Early Bird ticket pricing cut-off times described below. Presentation: Legacy coal bores, overlapping tenure and the…
Find out more »PESA WA : Evening talk – Sedimentology of the Gascoyne river. An analogy for the Mungaroo.
Hosted with thanks to our sponsors: The Gascoyne Delta, Western Australia – a wave-dominated, tide-influenced, ephemeral flood-prone fluvial system along a dryland coast; a useful partial-analogue for facies juxtaposition in ancient deltaic reservoirs of the North West Shelf. Simon C. Lang1 & Robert Seggie2 1 Centre for Energy Geoscience, School of Earth Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. simon.lang@uwa.edu.au Robert Seggie, SeggieGeoscience, Nedlands, Perth, Australia. seggiegeoscience@gmail.com Marine deltas are shaped by the dominance of fluvial outflow…
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PESA SA/NT May Evening Talk: Mixing Up the Energy Mix – the Next 20 Years
Mixing Up the Energy Mix – the Next 20 Years Peter McCabe, Professor Emeritus, Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide The energy mix is the percentage of energy consumed that comes from various energy sources including fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables. On a global basis the energy mix has been relatively constant over the last 30+ years with fossil fuels comprising 84 to 87% of the total energy consumed on an annual basis. Concerns about climate change combined with…
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