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SUMMARY:PESA NSW: May 2026 Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:The Taroom Trough – The next big thing?  \nActivity in the Taroom Trough of the Bowen Basin Queensland is ramping up considerably in 2026. The unconventional play\, considered by many to be Australia’s first proven Basin Centred Gas (BCG) accumulation\, will see significant seismic and well activity in 2026. Large and small companies alike are staking their positions\, with activity at an all time high. Over the coming years\, we will see a raft of companies including majors\, such as Shell and Santos\, new players Omega and Elixir and the newest entrant into the Trough\, Xstate Resources\, working towards commercial breakthroughs. Greg will give a brief history of the Taroom Trough from an unconventional perspective\, describe the play in detail and provide insight to some of the more important drilling results and preview the upcoming activity in the region.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-nsw-may-2026-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
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SUMMARY:PESA NSW: June 2026 Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:New opportunities for gas exploration in NSW – acreage available first time in a decade \nOn 29 April 2026 the NSW Minister for Natural Resources announced the release of new areas for exploration in the North West of NSW near the South Australian and Queensland borders. They are inviting companies to apply for the grant of exploration tenements over two specific areas (the Bancannia and Pondie Range Troughs) that have previously been identified as prospective for oil and gas. \nFull details of the contents of the Minister’s Press Release are available on the NSW Ministerial media releases website and published on 29 April 2026. One of the key conditions for applicants will be the areas involved will be subject to requirements any gas produced from the areas covered by these newly released EL’s will be reserved for domestic consumption. \nThis is an exciting development and shows the NSW Government are aware of and are taking positive steps to relieve the coming gas shortage in NSW. Recent television interviews have also shown the Minister willingly talking over the Santos Narrabri Project and its progress through the Regulatory Regime\, so discussions at our June 9 meeting are likely to expand beyond the newly released areas for exploration.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-nsw-june-2026-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:PESA NSW July 2026 Technical Lunch: Dr Peter Moore
DESCRIPTION:Petroleum Geoscience and the Energy Transition: A Personal Historical Perspective and Predictions for the Future \nAn historical perspective on important advances that Dr Peter Moore has been witness to\, and continuation of the story into the future around the emergence of non-fossil-fuel energy sources and the likely ongoing roles of geoscientists. \nThe petroleum industry was technologically advanced by the mid 1900s\, but a number of developments over the last half century stand out in the areas of seismic\, sequence stratigraphy\, assessment technologies\, deepwater plays\, drilling\, offshore developments\, CSG and shale\, which will be discussed\, including from a personal perspective. These developments have served to maintain the competitiveness of the petroleum industry and have satisfied an increasing demand over time. \nHowever\, a key question for the industry is its future role in the evolving energy transition. Analysis is difficult because there are multiple competing narratives and strong vested interests. \nToday we sit at a pivot point\, with a growing divergence of possible energy futures\, depending on how the world balances economic growth\, energy poverty\, geopolitics\, and great power competition against emissions reduction\, fossil fuel elimination and climate change concerns. \nIn the decade since the Paris agreement and despite significant progress\, the 1.5oC goal is lost and fossil fuel’s contribution to energy consumption remains at 80%. \nWhile both sides (fossil fuel supporters and renewable proponents) argue their case\, the next 15 years at least is becoming clearer – a US/China energy and manufacturing divide\, huge growth of renewables but matched by overall energy growth\, the emergence of nuclear\, and the persistence of petroleum\, especially gas. \nDespite trillions of dollars spent on the energy transition\, we have underestimated the difficulty in speedily transitioning the world’s energy and industrial infrastructure\, and have underestimated global growth\, including overall energy consumption. This can be seen by comparing predictions and model outcomes published over the last decade. \nFor today’s petroleum geoscientists\, technology and jobs will continue to evolve while new areas are likely to include advanced geothermal\, CCS\, and potentially natural hydrogen. As fields decline and new developments and discoveries become smaller\, more effort and technology is required from petroleum companies and individuals to deliver the energy the world still demands.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-nsw-july-2026-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
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