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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250610T120000
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SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW June Technical Talk
DESCRIPTION:Recent Advances in Faulting and Folding in the NSW Coal Fields: Implications and Observations on Fault Hydrogeology\nUnderstanding the impact of subsurface developments on groundwater is one of the key uncertainties for many resource projects. It is common for opponents to invoke faults as an existential threat to aquifers and groundwater systems. \nWhile minor faulting is common within a development\, the resource is generally relatively unfaulted and may be constrained by faults. Generally\, groundwater models used to support environmental impact statements cover an area wider than the development and often include faults. \nA simple set of workflows and schemas will be presented that can be used to characterise and understand the kinematics of faulting geologically. The hydrogeologic understanding of faults is intimately related to how they crosscut and displace aquitards\, aquifers\, and groundwater resources. These workflows will be illustrated using case studies from the Sydney and Gunnedah basins. \nParticular care must be taken when reviewing data and drawing inferences. Sound geological data and principles must be used to parameterise the hydrogeology of faults. A relatively small amount of work done early\, with the appropriate representation of results\, will ease future developments and expansion.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-june-technical-talk-2025/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250513T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250513T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20250427T231353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T021930Z
UID:10008669-1747137600-1747146600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW May Technical Talk
DESCRIPTION:Results of the Morney Dome Gravity Survey in the Cooper Eromanga Basin\nThis talk discusses various geophysical techniques used to explore the Morney High in ATP2022 in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin\, QLD. The Morney High is located <5km from the Inland Oil Field which has produced 4.7 MMSTB from Jurassic reservoirs. The results of the Atomionics Quantum gravity survey\, the Altas Geophysics traditional gravity survey and the Cuddapan North 2D seismic survey are compared and the implications for follow up hydrocarbon potential is evaluated.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-may-2025-technical-talk/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Castlereagh Boutique Hotel 169 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=169 Castlereagh St:geo:151.2089734,-33.872562
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250408T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250408T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20250310T024446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T001008Z
UID:10008658-1744113600-1744122600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW April AGM & Technical Talk
DESCRIPTION:PESA_NSW_2025_AGM_Documents \nPESA NSW Branch Committee Nomination Form 2025\nSource rock deformation and hydrocarbon accumulation controlled by a metamorphic core complex in the Kaiping Sag\, northern South China Sea rifted margin\nThe recent discovery of hundred-million-ton-class oil fields in the Kaiping Sag\, on the northern South China Sea rifted margin\, is considered the first global breakthrough in hydrocarbon exploration within supra- detachment basins controlled by mature metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) at passive margins. We utilize 3D seismic\, petrological and geochemical data to reconstruct source rock deformation and hydrocarbon accumulation in the context of detachment tectonism associated with uplift of the Kaiping MCC. In the pre-MCC stage\, high-quality deep-water lacustrine source rocks of the Lower Wenchang Formation were deposited during the intense rifting. During the late Wenchang stage\, the Kaiping MCC was uplifted via a rolling-hinge process\, which caused the transformation of the original attitude and position of the source rock layers in the Lower Wenchang Formation. The distribution of the source rocks can be characterised by three distinct patterns: disconnected with antithetic dip direction (Model I)\, moderate continuous and V-shaped (Model II)\, and continuous with primitive original dip direction (Model III). These models control the dominant migration direction of hydrocarbons. Furthermore\, the extensive development of fault systems and block rotations associated with the Kaiping MCC linking source rocks to traps and influence local oil migration pathways. The breakthrough of hydrocarbon exploration in the Kaiping Sag verifies that supra- detachment basins associated with MCCs also have the potential to develop high-quality source rocks\, particularly during the rifting phase preceding the uplift of the MCC. The source rocks distribution models\, antithetic faults\, and rotating fault blocks resulting from the Kaiping MCC can serve as a reference model for evaluating source rocks and analysing hydrocarbon accumulation patterns in similar types of basins.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-april-technical-talk-2025/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250311T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250311T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20250224T224926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T232756Z
UID:10008655-1741694400-1741703400@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW March Technical Talk
DESCRIPTION:RE’s and Geo’s – Never the Twain Shall Meet(?)\nThis talk discusses the working relationship between Reservoir Engineers and Geoscientists. It starts with a historical perspective (the bad old days) through to the current status (e.g. Asset Teams). The talk is illustrated by field examples showing the synergies that can be obtained through effective communication between the disciplines. The fields discussed include the Gippsland Basin Tuna Field\, Iagifu -Hedinia in the PNG Highlands\, Tui Field in the Taranaki Basin and Ravva Field in the Bay of Bengal.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-march-technical-talk-2025/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Castlereagh Boutique Hotel 169 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=169 Castlereagh St:geo:151.2089734,-33.872562
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250211T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250211T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20250121T020952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T021345Z
UID:10008644-1739275200-1739284200@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW February Technical Talk
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW February Technical Talk\nAI for Fun and Profit \nIan’s talk will include a brief history of AI and then introduce the concept of Large Language Models (LLM’s) – these include systems such as ChatGPT\, CoPilot\, Gemini\, Claude and others. \nIt will also present issues with LLMs including the way they can hallucinate\, their poor ability with simple arithmetic and recent developments that suggest we are rapidly reaching the situation where AI systems can think and plan and also scheme and lie. \nThe main part of the talk will describe a recently introduced Google product\, Notebook LM\, and how it differs from the more well known LLMs as mentioned above.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-february-2025-technical-talk/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Castlereagh Boutique Hotel 169 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=169 Castlereagh St:geo:151.2089734,-33.872562
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241210T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241210T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20241123T050901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T225701Z
UID:10008636-1733832000-1733841000@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW Christmas Party
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW & SPE NSW Christmas Party\nPHILIPPINES GEOLOGY AND PETROLEUM POTENTIAL \nThe petroleum potential of the Philippines has long been regarded by “industry experts” as average at best. The Philippines is a country with active crustal plate movements\, subduction zones\, regional wrench faults and active volcanoes located on the western edge of the Circum-Pacific “Ring of Fire”. \nGeologically\, the Philippines is the eastern rifted edge of Asia\, which was initially separated by rifting and the development of the South China Sea commencing in the Eocene. Initial rifting resulted in the deposition of an Eocene clastic section\, dominantly non-marine with extensive coal development. \nThe appearance of oceanic crust in the late Oligocene initiated the drift phase with development of extensive barrier and pinnacle limestone reefs on the upthrown sides of the large normal faults created by rifting. These Oligocene to Early Miocene reefs created the reservoir for many of the large gas fields discovered to date\, eg Malampaya\, which largely sourced the gas from the underlying coal measures. About 10 million years ago the Asian\, Pacific and Australian crustal plates collided creating compression\, subduction\, regional wrench faults and volcanism. This tectonic activity caused regional uplift\, particularly in the west of the Philippines centred on east Palawan and deposition of Early-Mid Miocene sedimentary deposits\, dominated by an extensive deep water marine clastic section with excellent quality sandstone reservoirs. Waxy oils waxy with associated gas are the main hydrocarbon discoveries. These hydrocarbons have been sourced by both marine and non-marine organic matter. \nThe Late Miocene to present day sedimentary section is dominated by a thick section of marine marls and limestone reefs with associated volcanism adjacent areas of plate to subduction. The Tertiary to Recent geology of the Philippines is very similar to that recorded in Indonesia\, Thailand\, Vietnam and parts of offshore China. The Philippines experienced extensive petroleum exploration in the 1960s but concerted exploration efforts since then have been patchy. Whilst trap integrity is considered the main exploration risk\, there is still excellent potential for oil and gas discoveries of significant size. Gas2Grid Limited has been active with onshore petroleum exploration in the Philippines since 2005 and the author since 1981.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-spe-nsw-december-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241112T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241112T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20241028T220952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T222858Z
UID:10008632-1731412800-1731421800@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW & SPE NSW November Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW November Technical Meeting\nEarly Lesson’s from exploring the Beetaloo Basin\nTamboran Resources Corporation is the largest acreage holder with ~1.9 million net prospective net acres in the Beetaloo Sub-basin within the Greater McArthur Basin in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Company is focused on playing a constructive role in the global energy transition towards a lower carbon future\, by developing the significant low CO2 gas resource within the basin. Tamboran’s key assets include a 25% working interest in EP 161\, a 100% working interest and operatorship in EP 136\, EP 143 and EP(A) 197 and a 38.75% working interest and operatorship in EPs 98\, 117 and 76 which are all located in the Beetaloo Basin. Tamboran will focus on the development of the proposed EP 98 Pilot Development\, targeting first production by the end of calendar year 2025.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-november-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://pesa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tamboran_Assets.avif
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241008T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241008T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240919T030433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T032000Z
UID:10008621-1728388800-1728397800@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW October Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW September Technical Meeting\nMelbana in Cuba: the Amistad-1 success story\nMelbana Energy drilled the Alameda-1 discovery well in onshore Cuba in 2021.  By 2022 the discovery was independently certified by McDaniel (A Canadian based Reserves Certifier with extensive experience in Cuba) to contain over 5 billion barrels of oil in place (best estimate) and 267 million barrels of recoverable oil (best estimate). \nIn 2023 Melbana followed up the Alameda-1 well with the successful Amistad-1 appraisal well which was designed to test the uppermost sheet of reservoirs in the Alameda field (Unit 1A\, 1B\, 2 and 3). \n\nUnit 1A recovered 11.7° API oil with 3\,783 cP viscosity at surface from a 63 metre MD interval starting from 445 metres MD. Although flow rates at surface were not established 40 barrels of oil flowed unassisted to surface (through a 32/64” choke)\, exceeding expectations.\nUnit 3 intercepted 200 metres updip and 500 metres to the south of the Alameda-1 intercept and confirmed moveable oil of a similar quality to Unit 1A. Testing indicated the potential to flow at ~750 bopd. The Unit 2 DST did not demonstrate moveable hydrocarbons to surface at the location tested.\nUnit 1B recovered 19.4° API oil with 5.7 cP viscosity at surface from a 70 metre TVD perforated section – less than 20% of the total Net Pay for Unit 1B (when incorporating fractures). Stabilised unassisted flow rate to surface of 1\,235 bopd measured over 12 hours on a 36/64” choke\, peaking at 1\,903 bopd.\n\nLogged Net Pay for the entire Amistad Formation is 346 metres TVD using 9% porosity\, 50% Sw and 40% VSh cutoffs this  net pay increases to 615 metres when the highly fractured limestones are incorporated (45% of the gross interval). Flow from the fractured interval has been proven by acquisition of production logs validating the incorporation of fractures into the net pay equation. \nUnit 1B has now been completed for future production\, whilst Units 1A and 3 have been suspended for potential future development and production. \nIn March 2024 McDaniel provided a resource update on the Unit 1B; \n\n46 MMbbls (P50) Contingent Resources – Development Pending in the eastern section of the greater Alameda field in the vicinity of the existing wells.\n90 MMbbls (P50) Prospective Resources of assigned in the western part of the field to reflect the uncertainty associated with being away from the existing wells. However\, McDaniels assigned a 70% chance of discovery to the prospective resource reflecting the low- risk nature of this area (given it is updip from the existing discoveries within the field). The risk associated with this area is based on reservoir deliverability.\n\nA preliminary field development plan is being developed for exploitation of Unit1B and an additional two wells focussing purely on production from Unit1B are being planned with the aim of initiating international oil export from Cuba.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-october-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240910T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240910T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240903T072731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T224225Z
UID:10008611-1725969600-1725978600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW September Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW September Technical Meeting\nExploring the deep sea floor\nJohn will talk about his work with Bruce Heezen and Maurice Ewing at Lamont Geological Observatory of Columbia University NY. \nThe talk will discuss discoveries using deep sea cores in the Atlantic Ocean made in the 60s and 70s. Examples will include; \n\nTurbidite deposits from the Grand Banks off Canada.\nAlso in the Puerto Rico Trench where individual sands were correlated using the colors of the upper muddy parts of the flows.\nOther work will show the movement of melting ice sheets using raft detritus found in the cores.\nSlides and a unique video of Bruce Heezen will be used in this talk.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-september-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240819T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240819T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240722T003303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T040214Z
UID:10008603-1724068800-1724077800@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW August Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW August Technical Meeting\nPresentation by AEMO\nAEMO are a Federal Government body established to monitor\, report on and manage with another Government Body and some of the Government finance arms the entire Australian energy market. People have no real idea just how massively complicated the Grid actually is and until AEMO became active in seeking to educate Australians just how important their role is\, especially on the East Coast\, the Grid was something of a Black Hole manipulated by the political elements of our society. AEMO has issued in its two recent Reports to Parliament (published widely) extremely worrying determinations that the East Coast of Australia is most likely going to suffer energy black-outs in the coldest and hottest months of 2025 through 2027. Our speaker will be addressing these critical issues along with the role gas will play in filling holes during downturns in electricity generation.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-august-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240709T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240709T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240626T232917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240626T232917Z
UID:10008596-1720526400-1720535400@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW July Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW July Technical Meeting\nFinding new sources of gas to meet demand for NSW\nNSW business and retail consumers require approximately 120 PJ of natural gas per year. Historically\, gas supply has relied on traditional suppliers in the Cooper Basin\, South Australia\, the Gippsland Basin\, and Victoria along with AGL Energy’s Camden Gas Project (5% of NSW requirements)\, to supply NSW’s gas needs. The role of natural gas in transforming to net zero in NSW is poorly understood whilst the gas markets attempt to avoid gas shortages as both Gippsland and Copper Basin fields decline below critical thresholds. \nThe recently announced Labour Government’s Future Gas Strategy is the latest in a long line of policies/statements/regulations attempting to promote new gas field development against a backdrop of declining fossil fuel investment and public sentiment. \nThe talk will examine a number of sedimentary basin in NSW including conventional and coal seam gas projects in the Sydney\, Gloucester and Gunnedah Basins through the author’s unique perspective on what to look for and assess these project’s key technical risks in an attempt to explain where NSW’s next gas supply could come from.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-july-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Castlereagh Boutique Hotel 169 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=169 Castlereagh St:geo:151.2089734,-33.872562
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240611T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240611T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240530T074907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T023307Z
UID:10008589-1718107200-1718116200@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW June Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW Technical Meeting\nThe Month of May 2024\, the Federal Budget et al.\nThe month of May 2024 has seen considerable debate\, public policy releases\, the Federal Budget\, AEMO Reports\, political fury\, admissions of poor decision making and some fallout from key legal environmental cases and ministerial decision making. The presentation will go through each event\, document and court case to come up with some sense or logic as to where May 2024 will be seriously important to the oil and gas industry\, its clients and is people. \nAmong the items to be covered will include: \n1/ Federal Budget of 14 May 2024\, including its associated Papers and Press Releases over Hydrogen manufacture and subsidies\, critical minerals processing and subsidies;\n2/ Senate Inquiry into the Environment Protectors Office case and its involvement in the Santos case over a development of an offshore gas Project;\n3/ Funding for Quantum Computer in Queensland;\n4/ Senate impasse over approvals of legislation to expedite oil and gas development Projects;\n5/ Federal moves to encourage the development of a battery manufacturing industry in Australia;\n6/ the AEMO report identifying potential short supplies of energy from 2025 onwards on the east coast;\n7/ the new Federal Energy Strategy released by Minister King; and\n8/ relevant items known from the AEP Conference in Perth.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-june-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240514T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240514T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240423T042457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T232232Z
UID:10008572-1715688000-1715697000@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW May Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Joint PESA NSW-ASEG NSW Technical Meeting\nStructure and burial history of the South Nicholson region\nThe South Nicholson Region (SNR)\, spanning the Northern Territory and Queensland\, has long been underexplored\, resulting in substantial gaps in our understanding of its geological past. This study aims to bridge these knowledge gaps by analyzing newly obtained data to reveal the region’s burial history and hydrocarbon potential. Our research presents a detailed sequence of geological events that have defined SNR\, utilizing insights from the newly drilled NDI Carrara1 well and the recent 17GA-SN1 seismic line. We have identified three main source rock intervals within the basin: one in the Paleozoic and two in the Proterozoic. We developed various scenarios to examine hydrocarbon migration within the basin. Our findings indicate that the Proterozoic hydrocarbons are overmature\, whereas the Paleozoic hydrocarbons are still immature. \nAGM Documents\nThe PESA ACT-NSW AGM for 2024 will be held immediately prior to the presentation. \nThe existing executive are all prepared to stand for re-election. \nIf anybody else would like to stand (and they are very welcome to do so) a nomination form is available below. \nPESA NSW Branch Committee Nomination Form 2024 \n2024_PESANSW_Annual_Report \nPESANSWBranch-AGMNotice2024
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-may-technical-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240409T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240409T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240330T063109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240331T045032Z
UID:10008455-1712664000-1712673000@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW April Lunch
DESCRIPTION:PESA NSW Meeting Tuesday April 9\nWe do not have unfortunately have a speaker for our next scheduled meeting on Tuesday\nApril 9th . Rather than cancel our meeting your executive has decided to have a discussion\nabout the content of the recently widely circulated short movie/video Climate The Movie (The\nReal Truth) which can be seen on \nhttps://eds6.mailcamp.nl/url.phpsubid=vew0x395z1j7i14&nstatid=9gj40j711y&info=n9w3d0v&L=17131&F=H \nThe movie is unusual in that it summarises a sceptical view of climate change accepting that\,\nyes\, the earth is warming but not as much as claimed and is a natural result of emerging from\na “mini-ice-age”. The very distinguished speakers also doubt the effect of carbon dioxide in\nthe observed warming and stress that current levels are unusually low compared to past\ngeological ages\, dropping to dangerously low levels during the last Ice age. \nOne of the frustrating things I find is the lack of (readily accessible) basic data to support the\nmany assertions in this and other presentations on the subject. Do the famous Greenland ice\ncores really show temperature rise preceding a rise in atmospheric CO2? Is the level of the\nPacific Ocean really rising? Original references and copies\, if possible\, would be welcome.\nAnyway please come to what I hope will be an interesting and\, I hope\, worthwhile experiment.\nLooking forward to seeing you there.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-april-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240319T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240319T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240305T054901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T224657Z
UID:10008569-1710849600-1710858600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW March Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Hidden in plain sight: Bamaga Basin\, Gulf of Carpentaria
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-march-lunch-2024/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240213T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20240122T055907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T064135Z
UID:10008556-1707843600-1707854400@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW February Twilight Talk
DESCRIPTION:Onshore Gippsland CSG Potential – Myth or Massive?\nThe onshore Gippsland hydrocarbon province has always been a poor cousin to the prolific offshore discoveries of gas and oil. It has been\, however\, the powerhouse of Victoria driven by the huge open-cut brown coal deposits in the Latrobe Valley. Following conventional gas discoveries in the Strzelecki Group at Trifon\, Gangell and Wombat\, attention turned to the shallower\, but deeper than the mined seams\, Traralgon brown coals as candidates for methane extraction from immature\, wet lignite. \nEarly test drilling was carried out in 2005\, but when Exxon entered the area in 2012\, the press perception of easily extracted gas gained widespread publicity in the national press. This presentation describes the technical history of exploration for brown coal CSG\, compared with the public perception of its potential and with the added complication of Victorian Government reaction and legislation.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-february-2024-technical-meeting/
LOCATION:Club York\, Level 2\, 95-99 York St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231212T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20231117T051319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231127T235728Z
UID:10008552-1702382400-1702389600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW Christmas Party
DESCRIPTION:Australia’s Shale Gas Boom Starts Here\nEmpire Energy Group Limited (“Empire”) looks to emulate the unconventional shale gas boom in Australia that transformed the US energy landscape. Empire holds acreage in the Beetaloo Sub-basin\, within the Greater McArthur Basin in the Northern Territory. That acreage holds stacked Velkerri Formation shales that Empire is currently appraising and has delineated 1.6 TCF (2C) Contingent Resources and 30 TCF (2U) of Prospective Resources. The journey of exploration to appraisal will be discussed in the talk.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-christmas-party-2023/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231107T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231107T150000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20231012T023810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T000049Z
UID:10008545-1699358400-1699369200@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW Melbourne Cup Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne Cup and oil price prediction lunch\nJoin us in watching the race that stops the nation! A Calcutta and raffle will be held followed by a presentation on future oil price trends. See you there! \nMELBOURNE CUP SWEEP AND CALCUTTA PROCESS \nDue to the smaller groups of attendees and in an effort to increase interest in the Calcutta aspects of our price Prediction Day/Melbourne Cup our auctioneer\, Andy Rigg and the team have come up with an amended set of Rules to make the day more competitive and fun. The new rules of the front end of the Calcutta are as follows: \nEvery person registered and attending on the day of the meeting (including speakers) receives an option to purchase a ticket in the PESA Melbourne Cup (Sweep);\nEvery person above then has the choice to either exercise the option and purchase a ticket in the sweep for $40 or sell the option to the highest bidder\, who must then exercise the option (i.e. and pay the $40 to the auction team);\nThe price paid to buy an option goes to the original option holder;\nThe $40 goes to auction team as a pot for the race to the distributed between first\, second and third horses;\nWith 24 horses the pot should be $960;\nThe names of the persons exercising the options will be inserted into a hat and then drawn against horses drawn out of another hat;\n1/ If the number of exercised options is equal to the number of starters in the Melbourne Cup\, then every exercised option will receive a horse in the sweep;\n2/ If the number of exercised options is less than the number of starters\, then all the names of the registered persons attending will go back into the draw for the remaining horses;\n3/ If the number of exercised options is greater than the number of starters\, then not all exercised option owners will receive a horse in the sweep;\nOnce the owners of all the horses in the field are known\, then the call of the card and the normal Calcutta bidding process can begin as usual based on the declared pot. \nBest advice is to bring along some cash (no credit card facilities available in the Adams Room)\, a willingness to have a lot of fun and front up at the Masonic Club (also known as the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel) on Tuesday 7 November 2023 and get together with all your old friends for a great days entertainment.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-melbourne-cup-lunch-2023/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231010T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231010T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20230725T065344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T061535Z
UID:10008529-1696939200-1696948200@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW October Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Seismic in the 60s\nTwo clapped out vessels\nOne drunken skipper\n100 ton of Nitramon \nAn explosive combination!\nPlus Discussion Forum: The future of the PESA NSW Branch\nPlease complete the membership survey by clicking here \nSummary:\nSet in the early days of marine seismic in Australia\, December 1966 to February 1967 \nI spent 3 months as a summer student. It was a 2 boat survey – both clapped out coastal freighters MV Merino and MV Paul Markson. \nAn incident filled trip. \nBallasting the kerosene filled streamer with lead and gaffer tape at midnight on a pitching deck 30ft above the water with no rails whatsoever (OHS was an unknown acronym). Deck awash with kero which rotted all our footwear (and feet). \nSkipper was a drunk\, Party Chief was an idiot. \n8500 foot streamer cut in half by a freighter because the skipper couldn’t signal properly with his Aldis lamp (he could hardly hold it!). \nStreamer sections blown up because the shooting boat couldn’t keep position. \nStreamer sections bitten by sharks. \nSpanish deckhand almost dead from carbon tetrachloride poisoning because he couldn’t tell anyone what was wrong. \nDrunk found down in the hull complete with wine flagon just before we headed to sea. \nHeading back to Portland in a Force 10 gale knowing that the Sedco 135G had slipped its tow and was somewhere out in front of us. \nAnd to cap it all\, we found that 50% of our powder (about 25 tons) would sometimes not explode so it was jettisoned overboard – 1\,000 yellow canisters bobbing off into the Tasman Sea.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-october-2023-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230919T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230919T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20230725T070052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T235306Z
UID:10008530-1695124800-1695133800@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW September Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Tony Allan – The Darai Limestone\, T-Letter stages and strontium with everything: exploration stratigraphy in the Papuan Basin\, a lab and field perspective.\nNotice: Date change to Tuesday 19th September \nThe Oligo-Miocene Darai Limestone crops out over much of the Papuan Fold Belt in the western Papuan Basin\, so its stratigraphy is critical in developing structural models to target Mesozoic reservoirs. Since its first application in the Muller Range in 1990 by Mobil\, strontium (Sr) dating has been used extensively throughout the Papuan Fold to map the base Darai surface. Most of the isotopic analysis was done at the CSIRO labs in Sydney\, in conjunction with petrographic study of limestones as a QC on Sr ages. Without name-dropping too many species\, the talk will outline how the petrographic and field research revitalised the conventional “T-Letter” foram biostratigraphy and Darai microfacies stratigraphy through its calibation to the Sr data. This has been a close collaborative effort with many exploration companies – so some industry geologists might be named. \nExploration for Tertiary limestone reservoirs in the eastern Papuan Basin was revived by InterOil in the early 2000s\, resulting in the 2009 Antelope gas discovery in a Miocene “reef”. By contrast with the Darai “platform”\, in the east sedimentation in a more rifted margin is reflected in the Tertiary sequence; with localised shallow carbonate deposition contiguous with deeper water carbonate and clastic sedimentation\, and the tectonic overprint from the middle Miocene of foreland  Aure  volcanigenic sediments. Within this setting the stratigraphic record of marker forams (& other calacreous microfssils) is complicated by geological factors including reworking and condensation/non-deposition. As a result\, the “noise free” T-Letter scheme and broader microfacies sequence in the Darai has been important to the exploration search for carbonate reservoirs in the east. \nThis account will touch on lessons relevant to ongoing exploration; (1) some findings on Sr age anomalies and their geological and diagenetic causes that have emerged\, particularly in the search for “reef reservoirs in the eastern Papuan basin\, and (2) potential to refine Tertiary sedimentaion models with the large basinwide petrographic and Sr dataset that captures time-facies information. And some concluding remarks on the Darai exploration legacy for current and future Tertiary basin research on the Australian Margin.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-september-2023-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230808T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230808T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20230725T061259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T232218Z
UID:10008528-1691496000-1691505000@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW August Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Federal Government False Narrative About Cause of East Coast Gas Supply Shortage\, Gas Price Cap and Gas Reservation\nI have major concerns about the prevalence of misinformation spread by politicians\, leaders at the UN and the media. Evidence-based decision making has been replaced by emotional beliefs\, with politicians and senior bureaucrats spreading false information without being held accountable. The mainstream media prioritises sensational news over evidence-based reporting and avoids conducting in-depth research. The ABC and SBS\, two taxpayer-funded media outlets\, solely presenting one-sided and propagandistic reporting rather than a balanced\, evidence based narrative. \nThe reason for recent high natural gas prices and supply shortages in eastern Australia has falsely been blamed by Anthony Albanese and his Labor Government Ministers on the war in Ukraine. \nGas price increases began before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the 2022 price spike was caused by local factors. The Federal Government then used the excuse that the gas shortage and higher prices were caused by the war in Ukraine to justify implementation of new legislation that enforced a gas price cap and domestic gas reservation. This presents as a socialist intervention. \nMisinformation is prevalent in politics\, the media and Government discussions about gas prices. Evidence-based facts are overlooked in favour of emotional narratives.\nThe increase in east coast gas prices can be attributed almost solely to a domestic gas supply shortage. That gas supply shortage has been caused by State Government energy policies.\nThe ACCC’s gas report reveals that domestic gas contract prices increased from late 2020 to mid-2021 and the supply outlook from 2022 onwards appears tight.\nThe 2022 Australian Energy Regulator “Gas Markets” report highlights a period of sustained high gas prices and tight supply in east coast gas markets. Factors such as depleting southern gas reserves\, overlapping electricity market dynamics and short-term spot exposure during the higher demand winter period contributed to the increase in gas demand and subsequently gas prices. \nThe blame for the gas supply shortage can be attributed to past and present State Governments in NSW\, Victoria\, SA\, and Queensland who have limited access to new petroleum exploration areas through regulations\, lack of expedited approvals and withholding vast areas prospective for gas exploration.\nThe absence of a coordinated national energy policy\, combined with subsidies for renewable energy projects has resulted in a shortage of reliable\, low-cost base load electricity which in turn has increased electricity prices and gas supply shortages. \nThe false narrative surrounding human-caused climate change has directly led to policies condemning fossil fuels and limiting onshore petroleum exploration. The finance sector’s withdrawal of funding for fossil fuel projects\, the abandonment of support by business groups and the lack of defence by petroleum exploration and production companies has also contributed to the situation. \nContrary to the narrative\, the Australian export LNG projects were not robbing gas from domestic supply. These projects were developed for the existing\, lucrative LNG export market in Asia\, where prices were higher and long-term contracts were more feasible. The small domestic east coast gas markets were adequately supplied by other domestic sources and the large gas reserves associated with LNG projects could not have been sold in Australia due to the small market size.\nThere is an urgent need for a coherent national energy policy incorporating a balanced approach to renewable energy and an orderly transition to ensure a reliable energy supply and mitigate the impact of rising gas and electricity prices.\nLegislative power for petroleum exploration and production in onshore areas\, including State-controlled waters\, is governed by each State and Territory under the Australian Constitution. \nThere has been significant depletion of existing onshore gas fields through production in South Australia\, Victoria\, and Queensland and also in the offshore gas fields Victorian\, South Australia and Tasmania. These gas fields are in many cases approaching the final stages of their production life and with the declining production rates comes increased production costs which is passed on to the consumer in the form of higher gas prices. \nThe lengthy and costly State Government regulatory processes\, community consultations and bureaucratic obstacles faced by petroleum exploration companies have all hindered the addition of a new gas supply. These processes often lead to delays and unnecessary costs which are ultimately either borne by exploration company shareholders or in the case of successful projects are funded by consumers through higher commodity prices. \nNew South Wales (NSW) petroleum exploration was effectively halted in 2011 initially in response to the Government responding to activists claims of the damage caused by the use of fracking. The NSW Government then conducted a review of petroleum exploration resulting in the cancellation of all existing petroleum exploration licenses except for those related to the Santos-controlled coal seam gas project in the Narrabri region. \nThe NSW Government referred to the cancelled licences as “zombie licences” claiming that they had all passed their expiry date or had not met their financial commitments. In fact\, the NSW Government had applied a compulsory moratorium on exploration in 2011 which prevented the titleholders from meeting their financial commitments by conducting exploration activities. \nApplication for development approval of the Narrabri Gas Project was first submitted in 2014 with conditional approval not granted until September\, 2020 – a 6 year process!!! In the meantime NSW has no domestic gas supply and is totally dependent on gas imports from South Australia\, Queensland and Victoria\, a rapidly dwindling gas resource. \nPetroleum exploration and development policies in Victoria\, South Australia\, and Queensland has effectively halted onshore gas exploration and the addition of a new gas supply. Moratoriums and bans on onshore gas exploration and development in Victoria as well as the competitive tendering processes for new exploration areas in South Australia and Queensland have either stopped or greatly reduced gas exploration in those states. The Queensland government has prioritised the release of new areas for coal seam gas and unconventional gas leading to limited opportunities for conventional gas exploration. \nThe demonization of fossil fuels by state governments along with the withdrawal of prospective exploration areas has resulted in a gas supply shortage and increased gas prices on the east coast. Additionally\, the replacement of fossil fuels with heavily subsidized renewable energy sources without a proper transition plan is seen as a contributing factor to the gas supply shortage\, high gas prices\, and electricity grid imbalances. \nThere are major concerns with the long-term impact on the average citizen\, businesses and productivity due to government policies and subsidies that favour renewable energy over fossil fuels.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-august-2023-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230711T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230711T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20230626T073201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T073227Z
UID:10008519-1689076800-1689085800@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW July Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Household renewable energy journey\, and more\nWhat is a VPP and how can you be part of one? Can you get electricity off the grid for free\, or get paid for taking it? Can you as an individual trade electricity? What is VTG or VTH\, and how will these revolutionise electricity supply in the future? Why is South Australia so far ahead in the renewables race\, and how was John Howard involved? How will the transition to renewables work in Australia\, and how long will it take? How much does it really cost to run an electric car? What percentage of electricity production is now renewable? \nThese and other questions will be addressed in this discussion of going all electric. Home solar systems provide the means to monitor one’s electricity generation and usage\, at 5 minute intervals. \nComparisons of different periods (days\, seasons\, years) allow the user to evaluate\, for example\, the effect of La Niña on solar production\, winter versus summer\, and the need for backup from the grid\, and to determine what device in your household is sucking up all that electricity. Even if you don’t have a solar system you can optimize your use of solar energy if you want to. Some weird and wonderful data displays from the Australian Energy Market Operator’s website will be shared\, comparing state by state energy generation by power source\, usage and price.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-july-technical-lunch-2023/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Castlereagh Boutique Hotel 169 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=169 Castlereagh St:geo:151.2089734,-33.872562
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230613T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230613T143000
DTSTAMP:20260605T091629
CREATED:20230525T235159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T235304Z
UID:10008393-1686657600-1686666600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA ACT/NSW June Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:THE FEDERAL BUDGET 10 MAY 2023\, ITS CONTENTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY\nThe Federal Budget is far from what is contained in the Treasurers Speech\, the associated Ministers Press releases\, the Budget documents themselves and the massive rhetoric that will flow from days after the actual speech in the House. There will be countless hours spent in preparing treatises and marketing documents from the many who feed off the circus and the media who have a vested interested in selling whatever. \nThe reality becomes a lot clearer when those with patience and tenacity actually spend time post delivery of the package of above by delving far deeper and working through both what is included in those documents and just as importantly what is NOT included. \nThis presentation given many days post the circus will address as many issues as become apparent with as much depth as is possible in a 30 minute talk\, both being advanced and provided in common language avoiding jargon. \nThe more publicised issues are going to include the changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax rules and funding for hydrogen and renewable energy sources\, but that means there will be hidden stories for nuclear energy\, major infrastructure support\, graphite production and research into alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. The deliberate intention will be to make this session hum with ideas\, identified issues and positive thoughts of how Australia can “move forward”\, while keeping cost increases down for the masses. \nNotice: previous event on PNG Darai Limestone by Tony Allan cancelled\, apologies for any inconvenience caused. \nAGM Documents\n2023_PESANSW_Annual_Report \nPESA NSW 2022 AGM Minutes Draft \nPESA NSW Branch Committee Nomination Form 2023 \nPESANSWBranch-AGMNotice2023
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-act-nsw-june-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA NSW Secretary":MAILTO:nsw-secretary@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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