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SUMMARY:2025 Acreage Release in the Polda and Otway Basins\, SA
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nA key motivation for the South Australian 2025 acreage release is the looming shortfall in energy supply in the southeast Australian market. To facilitate the discovery and production of more gas\, the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining (SADEM) is currently offering prospective acreage in a competitive bid process in two basins (Polda and Otway) across the state.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/2025-acreage-release-in-the-polda-and-otway-basins-sa/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251111T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251111T143000
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SUMMARY:2025 PESA NSW November Talk
DESCRIPTION:Australia is endowed with abundant\, high-quality energy commodity resources\, which provide reliable energy for domestic use and underpin our status as a major global energy provider. \nThese resources make a substantial contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product and export earnings. Geoscience Australia (GA) has a long history of supporting the nation’s energy sector\, delivering independent geoscientific advice and data to underpin informed decision-making regarding Australia’s energy resources across government\, industry\, and the community. \nA key piece of work than informs this function is the annual publication Australia’s Energy Commodity Resources (AECR). To set the scene\, this talk will introduce the recently published AECR2025 publication before presenting an overview of GA’s current energy program. \nUnder the Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity initiative\, GA is focusing on low carbon energy resources that will help Australia achieve net zero. The forward program includes mapping and assessing geological capacity for CO₂ storage (both onshore and offshore)\, identifying potential hydrogen storage sites\, and evaluating natural hydrogen resources. These activities draw on GA’s expertise and existing data to provide new insights and lower investment risk in new resource developments.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/2025-pesa-nsw-november-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251209T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251209T143000
DTSTAMP:20260606T042416
CREATED:20251121T005656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T033426Z
UID:10008751-1765281600-1765290600@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:NSW Re-union Christmas Party 2025
DESCRIPTION:Geothermal rising can save Tomago without big government subsidies.\nPESA NSW and SPE NSW invite you to the 2025 Christmas Party. This will be a re-union meeting for NSW oil and gas professionals\, so come along for some laughs with old friends. \nNew technology to capture affordable geothermal energy. This talk describes a long awaited breakthrough in technology to deliver plentiful cheap geothermal energy. The obstacles for geothermal energy have been: \n\nDifficulties of using multiple fractures to reliably connect “injection and “production” wells deep under ground\nSite specific nature of traditional geothermal resources\nAffordable drilling technology\n\nAdvances in geothermal technologies from the USA are rapidly changing the economic potential\, including: \n\nAffordably capturing 300 degree heat from wells too deep to drill by using patented deep fraccing\nSimilarly affordably capturing 200 degree heat at drillable 5 km by cycling water through planar fractures; and\nUsing similar technology for underground pumped hydro storage more cheaply than batteries and surface pumped hydro with significantly less community and environmental impact\n\n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/2025-pesa-nsw-christmas-party/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260210T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260210T143000
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CREATED:20260116T050322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T230558Z
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SUMMARY:PESA NSW: Barry Goldstein Medal Lecture Tour Feb 2026 – Bruce Ainsworth
DESCRIPTION:Honouring the Humble Clinoform: Towards a Reservoir Modelling Best Practice\nSponsored by Santos \nPESA NSW invite you to our technical luncheon. Presented by Bruce Ainsworth (PESA Barry Goldstein Medal Lecture Tour 2026). \nClinoforms have fascinated Bruce since first pondering their economic significance in Shell Research Laboratories in the early 1990’s. These dipping stratal surfaces are ubiquitous in the stratigraphic record but often ignored with regard to their potential significant influence on fluid flow in the subsurface. Whether you are interested in hydrocarbon or groundwater extraction\, carbon sequestration\, or sediment hosted uranium\, you need to know if you are dealing with clinoforms. Clinoforms can have significant impacts on resource recovery and emplacement. Ignoring them or simply not recognising them can have profound (usually) negative impacts on project value. Key to making clinoforms your best friend are three steps; 1) recognition\, 2) uncertainty management\, and 3) targetted modelling. This talk will guide the clinoform user through these steps and suggest a reservoir modelling best practice for honouring the humble clinoform. \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/2026-pesa-nsw-february-talk/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260310T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260310T143000
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CREATED:20260225T012306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T012306Z
UID:10008763-1773144000-1773153000@pesa.com.au
SUMMARY:PESA NSW: The Geology and Petroleum Resources of Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:The Geology and Petroleum Resources of Venezuela\nPESA NSW invite you to our technical luncheon. Presented by Phil Cooney (PESA NSW President). \nVenezuela\, located on the northern edge of South America\, is only slightly bigger than NSW yet it has produced an estimated 50 billion barrels of oil to date and still contains oil reserves of over 300 billion barrels (more than the 267 billion barrels of Saudi Arabia) and 18% of the world’s reserves. Phil will talk about the extraordinary fit of Source\, Reservoir\, Seal and Migration Timing that resulted in Venezuela’s mega accumulations as well as a brief description of how and when they were discovered and the effect on Venezuela itself. \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-nsw-meeting-march-2026/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260414T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260414T143000
DTSTAMP:20260606T042416
CREATED:20260322T113337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T003429Z
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SUMMARY:PESA NSW: April 2026 Technical Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Net Zero\nPESA NSW invite you to our technical luncheon. Presented by Max Williamson. The Branch AGM will also be held before the lunch. \nIntroduction\nNet Zero (aka Net Zero Emissions) is a widely used and abused term in today’s environment conscious world. The term has been grabbed by many professions in our developed society to mean many things\, but all about justifying their actions\, pronouncements and member requirements. Industries have been created based on the simple two words. \nQuoting from Wikipedia:\n“The idea of NET ZERO came out f research in the late 2000s into how the atmosphere\, oceans and carbon cycle were reacting to CO2 emissions. This research found that global warming will significantly slow down only if CO2 emissions are reduced to net zero\, although existing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere will still contribute to continued warming. Net zero was basic to the goals of the Paris Agreement. This stated that the world must “achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gasses in the second half of this century”. The term “net zero” gained popularity after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius (SR15). This report stated that “Reaching and sustaining net zero global anthropogenic (human caused) CO2 emissions and declining net non-CO2 radiative forcing would halt anthropogenic global warming on multi-decadal time scales (high confidence).”\nTodays realities \nIn Australia alone\, there are copious seminar papers\, technical journals\, comprehensive books etc written by members of various technical\, legal\, accounting\, engineering and environmental bodies including scientists\, professors\, barristers\, lawyers\, chartered accountants and of course journalists. So much is self-promoting care has to be taken to recognise bias and the need to ensure the individuals remain in paid employment or keep their consulting roles. Having said that it is also fair to say there are some seriously well written and technically supported items that deserve attention from members of bodies such as PESA and SPE. \nMeaning it is important to make up your own mind on the correctness and reasonableness of anything out there meant to be influencing or causing changes in society reactions\, laws and investments. \nQuoting from Wikipedia\n“Net Zero claims vary enormously in how credible they are\, but most have low credibility despite the increasing number of commitments and targets. While 61% of global carbon dioxide emissions are covered by some sort of net zero target\, credible targets cover only 7% of emissions. This low credibility reflects a lack of binding regulation. It is also due to the need for continued innovation and investment to make decarbonisation possible.” \nPESA Presentation \nThis PESA presentation about looking at:\n1/ what really is meant by NET ZERO in a legal\, accounting and recording sense for oil and gas operators. More particularly defining both aspects of the costs/debits imposed by emissions on the one hand and the credits such as carbon credits; and\n2/ various positions of the more public participants\, determining any bias factors\, discounting or elevating opinions of relevance.\nWhile it is impossible to ignore politicians and their influencers in this scene\, the intention is to focus away from political rhetoric and focus on realities including real world calculations\, legal obligations and accounting disclosures. \nPESANSWBranch-AGMNotice2026 \nPESA NSW Branch Committee Nomination Form 2026 \nPESA NSW-ACT Branch AGM 2026 -Annual Report for 2025 \nPESA NSW 2025 AGM Minutes
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-nsw-april-2026-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Castlereagh Boutique Hotel\, 169 Castlereagh St\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260512T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260512T143000
DTSTAMP:20260606T042416
CREATED:20260424T122226Z
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UID:10008779-1778587200-1778596200@pesa.com.au
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
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
GEO:-33.872562;151.2089734
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260609T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260609T143000
DTSTAMP:20260606T042416
CREATED:20260601T233155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T041711Z
UID:10008790-1781006400-1781015400@pesa.com.au
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. \nPESA has approached the Executive Team for the Minister and we are negotiating the details of the person in that Team to come and provide us updated information on the areas involved\, their prospectivity\, the conditions for the grants and the administrative details required for interested entities. More information on the speaker will be released closer to June 9. \nMeanwhile\, full 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
CATEGORIES:NSW / ACT,Technical Lunch,Technical Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA New South Wales":MAILTO:pesa.nsw@pesa.com.au
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