PESA QLD: Lunch Presentation, 21st March – Josh Whitcombe
2024-03-21 12:15 - 14:00 (Australia/Perth) | Hilton Brisbane City, 190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane QLD, Brisbane, 4000, Australia
PESA QLD technical lunches are back for 2024, kicking off with Josh Whitcombe from Gold Hydrogen presenting:
“Gold Hydrogen: Leading the way in exploring for natural Hydrogen in Australia”
The Technical Lunch will be held at the Brisbane Hilton Hotel, in Room 81.
For detailed directions, see explanation below.

Presentation:
Gold Hydrogen: Leading the way in exploring for natural Hydrogen in Australia

Venue:
Hilton Hotel Brisbane, 190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Room 81 (NOTE CHANGE FROM USUAL ROOM)
(Detailed directions below)

Date & Time:
Thursday, 21st March 12:15 PM

Presentation Abstract:
Gold Hydrogen: Leading the way in exploring for natural Hydrogen in Australia
Gold Hydrogen has just successfully drilled Australia’s first two natural Hydrogen wells in late 2023. This presentation will provide an overview of their project and the results seen to date.

Tickets for the Technical Luncheon can be purchased below:
Final numbers to venue required by Monday, 18 March 12:00 PM – To avoid disappointment please register before that date and time.

Standard Ticket Price

PESA Members – $55
Non-Members – $75
Student / Retired Members – $30

The venue location can be accessed by two means:
1) Entry from Queen Street Mall
Take the lifts to Level 6, and walk to the guest lifts located in the centre of the main atrium and take the lift to Level 8. Delegates will need to turn left out of the guest lifts and walk down the hallway to Room 81.
2) Entry from Elizabeth Street
Enter the foyer located on 190 Elizabeth Street, and take the lifts to Level 6 (Main Foyer). Walk to the guest lifts located in the centre of the main atrium and take the lift to Level 8. Delegates will need to turn left out of the guest lifts and walk down the hallway to Room 81.

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PESA SA/NT March Luncheon- Hydrogen Gas Storage Prospects in South Australian Petroleum Basins
2024-03-21 12:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | NSW
Hydrogen Gas Storage Prospects in South Australian Petroleum Basins
March Bunch,University of Adelaide

Abstract

South Australia hosts two petroleum production basins that are also expected to play a role in Geological Carbon Sequestration (GCS). Each hosts CO2 disposal operations at differing scales. Previous studies have demonstrated sealing capacities bounding structural closures to viable reservoir beneath the threshold depth for sustaining supercritical CO2 sufficient to accommodate millions of tonnes of CO2 annually. Another prospective use for these reservoir systems has emerged: Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS). UHS will provide a secure, scalable way to accommodate excess hydrogen production and fill temporary supply shortfall, thereby stabilising the price of energy as the transition unfolds. Hydrogen is a gas under all viable subsurface conditions so is invasive, mobile and of low mass density. Sealing capacity to hydrogen gas is approximately equivalent to that of methane meaning closures to natural gas fields should be viable for temporary hydrogen storage. However, there are other considerations such as how prone a containment system would be to hydrogen losses by degraded integrity under injection-production stress, dissolution, chemical reactions or microbial consumption. This study evaluates viable UHS fairways within each basin at the helicopter-view scale. The following factors are considered: hydrodynamic modification of closure; sealing unit thickness and capacity; a threshold depth that is both as shallow as possible but deep enough to limit microbial hydrogen consumption whilst ensuring a competitive hydrogen mass density. When these factors are considered together, the most prospective fairways are revealed that correspond with a subset of known petroleum field closures to proven reservoir intervals.

Event Details:
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Luncheon: 12 pm for a 12:30 pm start
Place: Ayer’s House, 288 North Tce, Adelaide
Includes a 2-course lunch and drinks
Bookings close 1 pm Monday, 18th March 2024
Any late bookings will incur an additional $20 fee. Strictly no walk-ins.

PESA ACT/NSW March Lunch
2024-03-19 12:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Hidden in plain sight: Bamaga Basin, Gulf of Carpentaria

PESA ETSIG/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 6
2024-03-19 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | NSW
PESA ETSIG/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 6
The PESA Energy Transition Special Interest Group (ETSIG), in conjunction with CSIRO, is running the “CCS Knowledge Transfer Series” which aims to cover geological and geophysical aspects of CCS, focusing on the differences from oil and gas operations.
Further information about the series can be found here:
https://pesa.com.au/events/etsig-csiro-ccs-knowledge-transfer-series/2023-09-05/

Kindly supported by:

This live webinar will take place at:
11am – Perth
12.30pm – Darwin
1pm – Brisbane
1:30pm – Adelaide
2pm – Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney

Use the calendar link on this page to add this event in to your own calendar at the correct local time for your location.
Tickets are free for PESA members (please log in to see this), free for members of the AGA, SPE, AAPG (Asia-Pacific) and the EAGE (Asia-Pacific). Tickets for non-members are $10 per episode.
Please buy your tickets and immediately follow the link in the ticket e-mail (not the calendar invite or this webpage, which is just generic and not event specific) to set up your registration with the webinar software well in advance of the time of the talk. Once registered with the webinar software you will receive a reminder e-mail 1 hour beforehand.

CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 6
Leakage Risk and Potential Impact on Groundwater – What’s Different About CCS? – Karsten Michael (CSIRO)
Abstract

Like any oil and gas operation, CCS projects need to assess environmental impacts, including potential impacts on groundwater. The identification of potential leakage pathways and approximation of leakage rates are a critical part of the site selection process and help to minimise material impacts on the environment. Compromised well or subsurface integrity issues may facilitate the migration or release of CO2 out of its primary storage container into shallow groundwater. However, the probability of leakage via geological features when storing CO2 at well-characterised sites is extremely low. While the probability of compromised well integrity occurrence based on petroleum industry experience is also extremely low, the probability of well leakage increases with the number of active and inactive wells within the area of the injected CO2 plume. However, well leakage is relatively easily detected and well mitigation and remediation technologies are well-established. Generally, multiple barriers and partial migration into various intervening aquifers, as well as buffering, dissolution and residual saturation will reduce the total volume ending up in groundwater.
Carbon dioxide itself is not considered a pollutant or contaminant in groundwater and is not considered as a parameter for water quality in most groundwater jurisdictions. However, increased CO2 concentrations could reduce the pH of groundwater, i.e., increase its acidity, and thereby enhance geochemical reactions between groundwater and aquifer sediments, potentially resulting in release and mobilization of toxic trace metals. Extremely high concentrations of CO2 in groundwater would be required to cause material harm to the environment as demonstrated in exceptional cases of natural CO2 leakage. Such conditions are improbable in the case of CO2 geological storage. Also, the remobilisation of other harmful substance as result of CO2 leakage has been investigated in many laboratory and field experiments, and material impacts are generally deemed unlikely under CO2 leakage conditions from a well-characterised and monitored geological storage project. The already low risk of impacts on potable groundwater due to CO2 leakage can be further minimised by early leakage detection before reaching groundwater wells; timely stop of injection and remediation.

GSA-SA Morialta Field Trip
2024-03-15 14:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | NSW
Geological Society Australia-SA Morialta Field Trip
15th March 2024
The SA Division of the Geological Society of Australia invite you to an afternoon of looking at the Burra Group, the Tonian of the Adelaide Hills. In spectacular Morialta Gorge Conservation Park there is a lovely cross section through a major fold/thrust system that forms part of the western margin of the Delamerian Orogeny—a plate tectonic convulsion as the then new Pacific started to subduct. The rocks involved in this preserve beautiful evidence of the sedimentary environment in which they were deposited and reveal what the Adelaide region looked like 780 million years ago.
This trip is designed for everyone. No prior-knowledge of the intricacies of the Adelaide Superbasin stratigraphy will be assumed (in fact even if you have no geological knowledge you’ll get a lot out of this trip). There will be a little bit of walking (ca. 1.5 km) and it will be steep in places (please wear good shoes). The fieldtrip is planned for 2.5 hours and then we will head to a local pub for a chat and refreshment.
Location: Morialta Conservation Park
Time: 2-6pm ACST
GSA Members: Free. Non-members $20 plus booking fee.
Register with the GSA: Click here

43rd Annual PESA/SPE Golf Day
2024-03-15 | Adelaide Bowling Club, Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town SA 5067, SA, 5067, Australia
43rd Annual PESA/SPE Golf Day
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION SOCIETY/SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS – SA BRANCHES
Friday 15th of March, 2024
West Lakes Golf Club

This year marks the 43rd anniversary of PESA/SPE Golf Day. This event is done annually in support of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Over the last 23 years, it has raised more than $428,000 for this most worthy cause.
So we are pleased to invite you to the 2024 PESA/SPE Golf Tournament on Friday, 15th of March at the West Lakes Golf Club. All aspiring golfers are welcome to play, irrespective of their handicap and golf skills. And as always, all money raised will go straight to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Registration and Activities
To register for this event, download the flyer below (PDF) which includes the registration form. Complete the form and email it to the address and contact person indicated before March 8, 2024.
On Golf Day (March 15), players must register with the starters before 9.30 a.m., with players moving onto the course at 10:00 a.m.
Dinner and presentations will be held in the Club House at approximately 6.00 p.m. Only those players attending the dinner are eligible to win prizes.
Breakfast, lunch and light refreshments will be provided whilst negotiating on-course obstacles. The course is well “watered” and most golfing requirements will be found in the “grab” bags.
Adelaide PESA/SPE Golf Tournament will be played as an Ambrose competition.
Reminders:

West Lakes Golf Club is a private Golf Club. Thus, acceptable dress, including collared shirts, is a club requirement on the course. Attire such as jeans, tracksuits and shorts are not acceptable. (A more detailed description of dress standards and other Club regulations are in the downloadable flyer below.)
Buggies and clubs can be hired from the Golf Course ONLY through ProShop: Chris Holliday and his team, on (08) 8268 3054 or via email westlakes@oncoursegolf.com.au.
PLEASE BOOK EARLY. Only limited number of buggies and clubs are available.
To assist the Bookies on the Golf Day, please be prepared and carry coins or small notes.

PESA SA/NT February Luncheon- Revisiting the rocks and seismic discovers turbidites and a new exploration play in the Penola Trough, Otway Basin, South Australia
2024-02-29 12:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | NSW
Revisiting the rocks and seismic discovers turbidites and a new exploration play in the Penola Trough, Otway Basin, South Australia
Sharon Tiainen, South Australia’s Department for Energy and Mining (DEM), and Rob Kirk, Consultant

Abstract

This rock-based and seismic-backed turbidite interpretation provides an alternative to the current alluvial channel/crevasse splay model for reservoir deposition and as such presents a new exploration play. Further the reservoirs immediate lateral association with gas/oil-prone source rocks and seals in the clay-rich lithologies potentially provide for stratigraphic trapping in addition to the previously targeted fault-controlled structural traps. By revisiting legacy core and seismic data, and integrating and iterating across multiple disciplines, a new and fertile turbidite exploration play has been identified.

Event Details:
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Luncheon: 12 pm for a 12:30 pm start
Place: Ayer’s House, 288 North Tce, Adelaide
Includes a 2-course lunch and drinks
Bookings close 1 pm Monday, 26th February 2024
Any late bookings will incur an additional $20 fee. Strictly no walk-ins.

PESA ETSIG/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 5
2024-02-27 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | NSW
PESA ETSIG/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 5
The PESA Energy Transition Special Interest Group (ETSIG), in conjunction with CSIRO, is running the “CCS Knowledge Transfer Series” which aims to cover geological and geophysical aspects of CCS, focusing on the differences from oil and gas operations.
Further information about the series can be found here:
https://pesa.com.au/events/etsig-csiro-ccs-knowledge-transfer-series/2023-09-05/

Kindly supported by:

This live webinar will take place at:
11am – Perth
12.30pm – Darwin
1pm – Brisbane
1:30pm – Adelaide
2pm – Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney

Use the calendar link on this page to add this event in to your own calendar at the correct local time for your location.
Tickets are free for PESA members (please log in to see this), free for members of the AGA, SPE, AAPG (Asia-Pacific) and the EAGE (Asia-Pacific). Tickets for non-members are $10 per episode.
Please buy your tickets and immediately follow the link in the ticket e-mail (not the calendar invite or this webpage, which is just generic and not event specific) to set up your registration with the webinar software well in advance of the time of the talk. Once registered with the webinar software you will receive a reminder e-mail 1 hour beforehand.

CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 5
Social Licence and Regulation – Linda Stalker (CSIRO)
Abstract

There is a broad spectrum of expertise and skills required to develop and operate a CCS site. Two aspects that seem to be far removed from geoscience and engineering are these: social licence and regulation. However, both aspects are critical to deployment of CCS projects not only in Australia, but globally.
This presentation will look at some of the FAQs and expectations of different parts of the industry, government and communities on the impacts and risks for CCS, including the value of being open and transparent about lessons learned when things don’t quite go to plan. In discussing regulation, we will talk about the status of regulations around Australia, the types of regulations that impinge on CCS and how this is part of the challenge to be first-of-a-kind regionally.

PESA WA February Technical Lunch: Possible compartmentalisation of the Kidson Sub-basin from new geophysical data, and regional projects in WA
2024-02-15 12:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Perth) | Parmelia HIlton, 14 Mill Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB:

Gold Sponsors Katalyst Data Management, IKON Science and DUG:

and Silver Sponsors Applied Geoscience, Delft and Qeye:

PESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 15th February.
Possible compartmentalisation of the Kidson Sub-basin from new geophysical data, and regional projects in WA.
Presented by Alex Zhan (DMIRS: Geological Survey and Resource Strategy Division)

The Kidson Sub-basin of the southern Canning Basin has long been considered as a relatively simple sag deepening into its depositional axis, presumably in the central part of the sub-basin. This structural model is based on limited seismic coverage and well intersections near the flanks of the sub-basin, and is here tentatively revised following integrated mapping with new regional data. The data integration reveals a possible east-northeast oriented basement ridge with a structural amplitude up to 1000 m in the central part of the Kidson Sub-basin. This ridge possibly divides the Kidson Sub-basin into two distinct parts and potentially is a significant feature with extensive implications for hydrocarbon, CO2 sequestration, natural hydrogen, helium and mineral prospectivities of the sub-basin. Although the basement ridge is supported by regional changes in depositional facies and marginal seismic data, the existence of such elevated feature remains highly uncertain in the absence of a seismic profile across the ridge. Further work is required to confirm its presence and de-risk exploration efforts.
Event Sponsors:

Ticket Prices:
Member (Early Bird): $69.00
Concession Member [Retired, Graduate or Hardship] (Early Bird): $59.00
Student Member (Early Bird): $39.00
Non-Member: $99.00
Member (Non-Early Bird): $79.00
Early bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior).

PESA WA February 13th Evening Talk: The pathway to Gigatonne CO2 storage
2024-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Perth) | Parmelia HIlton, 14 Mill Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
PESA WA invites you to an Evening technical talk on Tuesday 13th February.
The pathway to Gigatonne CO2 storage
Presented by Phil Ringrose (Equinor & NTNU / 2023-24 SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course Leader – Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers)
The large-scale capture and storage of carbon dioxide is a critical component of the route to achieving Net Zero. However, CCUS technologies are still in their infancy. The IEA calculated worldwide storage-rates in 2021 of approximately 40 Mt of CO2 per year but this needs to be upscaled to 7.6Gt of CO2 per year by 2050. Phil will review the pathway to gigatonne-scale CO2 storage and present details from a case study on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Timings for the event:
Date: Tuesday 13th February, 2024
Venue: Parmelia Hilton, Mill St, Perth
Time: 6pm – 8pm (Perth time)

PESA Members: $25.00 (PESA Members must Log on to the PESA website to purchase)
SPE Members: $25.00 (SPE Members only please)
Non-members: $50.00
PESA Students Members: Free (registration is essential)

PESA ACT/NSW February Twilight Talk
2024-02-13 17:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Club York, Level 2, 95-99 York St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Onshore Gippsland CSG Potential – Myth or Massive?
The 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.
Early 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.

PESA WA Host for Phil Ringrose SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course on Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers
2024-02-12 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill Street, Perth, Australia
PESA WA Host for Phil Ringrose SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course on Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers
Monday 12th February, 2024 @9am to 5pm (Perth/Australia Time)
Cost: $575 USD

PESA WA will be hosting the SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) on “Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers – Building Confidence by Forecasting and Monitoring” presented by Phil Ringrose. This one-day short course will be held in Perth on Monday, February 12th, 2024 (at Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill Street).
All those interested in understanding the state of play in saline aquifer CO2 storage technology will benefit from this course. The primary target audience is multi-disciplinary subsurface teams, and the content covers relevant aspects of geoscience, geophysics, and reservoir engineering.
PESA members can register for the course through the SEG Website and use a coupon code to obtain the special SEG course rate of $575 USD (see info below).
Register at the SEG DISC site page for Perth.
Use PESA Coupon Code: ASEGPESAMEMBER
Categories: PESA WA – SHORT COURSE

Course Description
Interest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) is growing rapidly as a crucial part of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. To support this growth in capture technology, we need an acceleration in new CO2 storage project developments. In this course, we review the science and technology underpinning CO2 storage in deep saline aquifer formations using insights from several industrial-scale projects. We analyze the main factors that limit storage capacity — constraints governed by flow dynamics, injectivity, pressure development, and geomechanics. Then, this physical basis provides a framework for determining how to optimize monitoring methods. Using the latest portfolio of geophysical methods for smart and cost-effective monitoring at the surface and downhole (including conventional seismic acquisition, passive seismic listening, and fibre-optic sensing), we discuss how short- and long-term storage assurance can be demonstrated with high levels of confidence.
Next, we address the question of what is needed to achieve climate-significant scales of CCS deployment. Although technically achievable, the current socio-economic framing often makes storage project execution difficult in practice. By building technical confidence in project execution, we may be able to ‘turn the dial’ and realize the gigatonne levels of storage needed over the coming decades.
Questions answered in this course:

What are the main processes involved in the geologic storage of CO2?
How should we estimate CO2 storage capacity?
What is the physical basis for estimates of storage efficiency?
What are the constraints to storage? When does injectivity matter? Are pressure limits the main issue?
What are the geomechanical limits? Should we expect significant levels of induced seismicity?
How can we optimize monitoring methods to make them smart and cost-effective?
How reliable is time-lapse seismic monitoring for detecting small CO2 volumes in the subsurface?
How can fibre-optic sensing (DAS) reduce the costs and footprints of monitoring schemes?
How can we apply advanced analysis (e.g., FWI) for monitoring using sparse acquisitions?
How can we assure long-term containment? What about leakage risks?
And finally, is the required global scale-up in CCS deployment achievable?

Goals
The goal of this course is to review the main concepts involved in the engineered storage of CO2 in saline aquifer formations, dispelling some common misunderstandings along the way. After explaining the main trapping mechanisms, we critically assess methods for estimating storage capacity and evaluate the key constraints for achieving the storage volumes needed over the project’s timeframe. The course material has a strong focus on geophysical monitoring methods and data sets, which are key to the stated objective of building confidence in the technology and assuring long-term storage integrity.
Who Should Attend
All those interested in understanding the state of play in saline aquifer CO2 storage technology will benefit from this course. The primary target audience is multi-disciplinary subsurface teams, and the content covers relevant aspects of geoscience, geophysics, and reservoir engineering. Managers, team leaders, and business developers also should find most of the material accessible. For subsurface specialists, the focus is on learning across disciplines (e.g., how might flow analysis affect site selection choices or how ‘geological details’ impact the engineering assessment). With a strong focus on advanced geophysical monitoring (especially time-lapse seismic), geophysicists will find the course helpful for designing and interpreting seismic monitoring data sets. This course does not require advanced mathematical knowledge, although several governing equations are introduced and used. The main objective is to provide an intuitive understanding of the geoscience, physics, and geophysics of CO2 storage in saline aquifers. Familiarity with integrated 3D subsurface modelling and seismic interpretation tools will be an advantage but is not essential.

PESA SA/NT February Evening Talk: The pathway to Gigatonne CO2 storage
2024-02-08 17:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Ayers House – Henry’s Bar, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
The large-scale capture and storage of carbon dioxide is a critical component of the route to achieving Net Zero. However, CCUS technologies are still in their infancy. The IEA calculated worldwide storage-rates in 2021 of approximately 40 Mt of CO2 per year but this needs to be upscaled to 7.6Gt of CO2 per year by 2050. Phil will review the pathway to gigatonne-scale CO2 storage and present details from a case study on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Timings for the event:

5:00 to 6:00 – pre-talk drinks and canapes in the bar at Ayers House
6:00 to 7:00 – evening talk and Q&A in Henry’s Table
7:00 to 7:30 – post-talk drinks in the bar

PESA SA/NT will provide a selection of canapes. Beer, wine and soft drinks are available and can be purchased from the bar.

This event is also free for students – but there are limited tickets, so make sure to book soon!

PESA Host for Phil Ringrose SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course on Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers
2024-02-08 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Ayers House – Henry’s Bar, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
PESA Host for Phil Ringrose SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course on Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers
Thursday 8th February, 2024 @9am to 5pm (Australia/Adelaide Time) Cost: $575 USD

PESA will be hosting the SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) on “Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers – Building Confidence by Forecasting and Monitoring” presented by Phil Ringrose. This one-day short course will be held in Adelaide on Thursday, February 8th, 2024 (Ayers House venue). In this course, the science and technology underpinning CO2 storage in deep saline aquifer formations is reviewed using insights from several industrial-scale projects. The main factors, which limit storage capacity are analyzed – constraints governed by flow dynamics, injectivity, pressure development, and geomechanics. Then, this physical basis provides a framework for determining how to optimize monitoring methods.
All those interested in understanding the state of play in saline aquifer CO2 storage technology will benefit from this course. The primary target audience is multi-disciplinary subsurface teams, and the content covers relevant aspects of geoscience, geophysics, and reservoir engineering.
PESA members can register for the course through the SEG Website and use a coupon code to obtain the special SEG course rate of $575 USD. The SEG DISC registration site can be accessed using the following link.
SEG DISC with Phil Ringrose Adelaide
Coupon Code:
PESA-ASEGMEMBER
Details:
Date: Thursday 8th February, 2024
Venue: Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide
Time: 9am – 5pm
Cost: $575 USD

Registration SEG Website Adelaide with coupon code PESA-ASEGMEMBER
Event Categories: SA/NT, Short Course

PESA SA/NT CHRISTMAS 2023 PESA LUNCHEON DECEMBER
2023-12-14 12:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Ayers House – Ballroom, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
CHRISTMAS 2023 PESA LUNCHEON DECEMBER
Presented by: Dave Grybowski, Consultant
Abstract –
If you missed David’s double-header luncheon talk of October last year comprising Cry Me A River and the world premiere of The Project – A Play About Not Working Together, here’s your second shot at the Christmas Cracker. This December, PESA SA/NT is paying David $1,000,000 to return with another blockbuster. Before dessert, David will lead a joint discussion on The Books That Hooked Me – an investigation of the childhood books and collectables that turned his head toward geology. Luncheoneers will be invited to share their experience. How can we turn those young brains we babysit into earth scientists and engineers with great Christmas gifts? Specifically, the challenge of making engineering remotely interesting to a kid compared to all the neat things geological.
After dessert, there will be a thrilling slideshow on The Role of Toilet Paper. The Chinese invented toilet paper in the 6th Century after discovering gunpowder was much too powerful and what to do with all those books after inventing printing eight centuries earlier? David will show a great variety of toilet paper dispensers with video of how well they don’t work. Naturally, there will be a tie-up with Christmas at the end, and remember, paper beats rock, any day.

Event Details:
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
Luncheon: 12 pm for a 12:30 pm start
Place: Ayer’s House, 288 North Tce, Adelaide
Includes a 3-course lunch and drinks
Tickets:
Student Members – $25
Members – $50
Non-members – $100

Bookings close 1 pm Monday, December 11th.
Any late bookings will incur an additional $20 fee. Strictly no walk-ins.

PESA WA Christmas Luncheon:
2023-12-14 12:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Perth) | Parmelia HIlton, 14 Mill Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
PESA WA invites you to our Christmas Technical Luncheon on Thursday 14th December
Talk by Eve Howell – From Milligals to Mega Ships
A ramble through a 44 year career, starting with measuring gravity to one part in a hundred million with handheld gravimeters and progressing to offshore seismic surveys in the freezing waters around the UK and the warm waters of WA, seismic interpretation with coloured pencils, the excitement of oil and gas discoveries, a few near misses, some unusual encounters, lots of travel to exotic spots and staying awake worrying about project deadlines and international gas shipments and domestic gas supply.
Each lunch ticket includes networking drinks at Metro Bar afterwards. No admittance to the drinks if you have not purchased a lunch ticket.

Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB

Gold Sponsors Katalyst Data Management, Applied Geoscience, Delft Inversion, DUG and IKON Science

and Silver Sponsors Qeye and PGS

PESA WA invites you to our Christmas Technical Luncheon on Thursday 14th December
Talk by Eve Howell (Title TBA)
Each lunch ticket includes networking drinks at Metro Bar afterwards. No admittance to the drinks if you have not purchased a lunch ticket.

Ticket Prices:
Member (Early Bird): $79.00
Student Member (Early Bird): $49.00
Non-Member: $109.00
Member (Non-Early Bird): $89.00
Early bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior).

PESA ACT/NSW Christmas Party
2023-12-12 12:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Australia’s Shale Gas Boom Starts Here
Empire 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.

VIC/TAS PESA-SPE-ASEG joint Christmas Lunch and Talk 2023
2023-12-05 12:30 - 15:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Henry & The Fox, 525 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
PESA VIC/TAS are holding a joint Christmas Lunch together with our friends from ASEG and SPE.

Before our lunch there will be a technical talk by Andrew Long (PGS), titled:
The Karma Sutra of Seismic
Andrew Long returns for a joint PESA-ASEG-SPE Christmas event that must not be missed:
Drawing heavily upon subsurface images, videos, and a variety of questionable props, he will describe, in an accessible and entertaining manner, how an emerging collection of ultra-high-resolution (UHR) and low impact seismic technologies, augmented by AI and automation, promise to impact exploration and development programs across the energy sector. He promises to have something of interest for every discipline in attendance, with an emphasis of course upon an enjoyable lunch with friends and colleagues after a long meeting hiatus.

This event is open to members and non-members.
ASEG members, please book for this event via this site.
SPE members please book via your respective organisation.

Henry & the Fox
12.30pm Tuesday 5th December 2023
There will be drinks followed by a two course lunch and the presentation.
PESA Members: $70
ASEG Members: $70
Non-members: $80
Students: $35
Bookings close 5pm Sunday 3rd December

Basins Workshop 2023
2023-12-05 - 2023-12-06 | Curtin University – Bentley Campus – (Building 500 – Department of Chemistry), Kent St, Bentley WA 6102, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia
The 2023 Basins Workshop will take place on 5 and 6 December 2023 at Curtin University, Perth in association with PESA WA Branch. The aim of the workshop is to provide an informal forum for the exchange of insights and ideas regarding the evolution of sedimentary basins in Australia and around the world, and the diverse resources they contain, including hydrocarbons, minerals, geothermal energy, natural hydrogen, and the potential for CO2 and hydrogen storage.

Talks are limited to 10 minutes in duration, with ample time for discussion, so we are looking for thought provoking ideas, rather than polished conference presentations. To participate all you need to do is to send the title of your proposed presentation to basinsworkshop2023@gmail.com by Friday 13 October 2023 – abstracts and/or written papers are not required.

There is no cost for registration, but in the first instance participation is restricted to those expressing interest in making a presentation (whether or not your presentation is finally selected for inclusion in the programme). Additional places will then be made available to co-authors and others interested in attending, according to demand.

PESA QLD: 2023 Christmas Lunch - Final few tickets remaining!
2023-12-01 12:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Stamford Plaza Brisbane, 39 Edward St, Brisbane QLD, Brisbane, 4000, Australia
2023 PESA Christmas Lunch
The 2023 PESA Christmas Lunch will be held at the Stamford Plaza Brisbane on the 1st of December 2023.
Join your colleagues and friends for a chance to celebrate all that happened in 2023!
Lunch is canapes + two courses served over three hours with drinks included.

Presentation:
2023 Christmas Lunch

Venue:
Stamford Plaza Brisbane – River Room

Date & Time:
Friday, 1st December 2023, 12:00 pm

Thanks to our Sponsors

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2023 Oil Price Guess Competition
The winner of the Oil Price Guess Competition will be revealed and presented with their prize.

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Christmas Trivia Quiz
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Tickets for the lunch can be purchased below until the event if not sold out first!

Standard Ticket Price

PESA Members – $100
Non-Members – $115
Student / Retired Members – $75

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PESA-SPE WA Charity Curling Evening
2023-11-29 17:45 - 22:15 (Australia/Perth) | Cockburn Ice Arena, 401 Progress Drive, Bibra Lake, WA, 6163, Australia
You are invited to Cockburn Ice Arena for a night of Curling, networking and fundraising. Raised funds will go towards supporting the Australian Junior Women’s Team, competing at the World B Championships in Finland.
What: PESA – SPE WA Charity Curling Evening
When: Wednesday 29th Nov, 5.45pm – 10.15pm
Where: Cockburn Ice Arena
Cost: Tickets on sale, for curling, dinner & drinks (dinner includes starter, main and 2 drinks).

Individual: $100
Team of 4: $400

https://curlingwa.com.au/collections/upcoming-events/products/petroleum-energy-corporate-curling-evening?variant=42773877620904
Learn: Throwing stones, sweeping, tactics & more!
Registration: Register your team of four on the Curling WA website
Only 40 spots available, so be quick.
On the night, please wear flat-soled shoes (trainers are fine), warm socks, and dress in layers, but in clothes that are flexible enough to stretch in. If you cant get down to glide out, or are wheelchair bound, we can accommodate you through the use of curling sticks, you just need to have enough strength to push the stone down the ice.

PESA ETSIG/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 4
2023-11-28 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | NSW
PESA ETSIG/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 4
The PESA Energy Transition Special Interest Group (ETSIG), in conjunction with CSIRO, is running the “CCS Knowledge Transfer Series” which aims to cover geological and geophysical aspects of CCS, focusing on the differences from oil and gas operations.
Further information about the series can be found here:
https://pesa.com.au/events/etsig-csiro-ccs-knowledge-transfer-series/2023-09-05/

Kindly supported by:

This live webinar will take place at:
11am – Perth
12.30pm – Darwin
1pm – Brisbane
1:30pm – Adelaide
2pm – Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney

Use the calendar link on this page to add this event in to your own calendar at the correct local time for your location.
Tickets are free for PESA members (please log in to see this), free for members of the AGA, SPE, AAPG (Asia-Pacific) and the EAGE (Asia-Pacific). Tickets for non-members are $10 per episode.
Please buy your tickets and immediately follow the link in the ticket e-mail (not the calendar invite or this webpage, which is just generic and not event specific) to set up your registration with the webinar software well in advance of the time of the talk. Once registered with the webinar software you will receive a reminder e-mail 1 hour beforehand.

CCS Knowledge Transfer Series: Installment 4
Storage Resource Estimation and Injection Strategies – What’s Different About CCS? – Karsten Michael (CSIRO)
Abstract

For the successful implementation and regulation of CO2 geological storage operations, it is important to establish a reliable definition, classification, and estimation of storage resources. For this purpose, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) released the CO2 Storage Resources Management System (SRMS) following the concept of its industry-standard Petroleum Resources Management System (PRMS). The SRMS considers both technical and commercial factors and the major storage resource classes with increasing data knowledge and chance of commerciality are: Inaccessible Storage Resources, Prospective Storage Resources, Contingent Storage Resources, Capacity, and Stored. The volumetric estimation of storage resources involves the interpretation of the subsurface which has an inherent degree of uncertainty. Fundamental for elevating storage resources to a storage capacity is the evaluation of containment of the stored CO2 and, most importantly, injectivity considerations. Here, bigger is not necessarily better. Rather the capacity of a commercial CO2 storage operation needs to be sufficient to accept the planned volume of CO2 with emphasis on injection efficiency, safety and economics. Hence, actual injection or formation tests and containment assessment must provide a high confidence in the commercial injectability of the characterised geologic formation. Injectivity is constrained by the allowable bottom hole pressure, which should be safely below the reservoir fracture pressure or the pressure capable to activate any faults in the vicinity of the storage complex. Storage capacity could be increased, at a cost, by managing reservoir pressure through water production wells. Other than in petroleum operations, where production wells are generally completed at the top of the reservoir for production efficiency, CO2 injectors placed at the bottom or at the downdip portion of the storage complex may be the most efficient strategy for achieving maximum storage capacity.

1st Natural Hydrogen Worldwide Summit - PESA discount applies
2023-11-27 - 2023-11-28 | Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, Perth, Australia, 46-54 Marine Terrace, Fremantle, WA, 6160
PESA members get discounted registration to the 1st Natural Hydrogen Worldwide Summit – HNAT 2023.
1st NATURAL HYDROGEN WORLDWIDE SUMMIT
H-NAT 2023
27-28 Nov | Perth, Western Australia
1st Natural Hydrogen Worldwide Summit – H-Nat Summit will be happening in Perth Australia and online, on November 27th and 28th. This is a unique opportunity to gather, discuss, and update your knowledge of the Natural Hydrogen market and emerging technologies. Find out more about the summit here:
https://hnatworldsummit.com/
As a proud supporter, PESA is excited to offer discounted registration opportunities to all its members, accessible here: PESA Member Benefits and Discount Webpage
-In person full pass : PESA Partner In Person – H-NAT 2023 (hnatworldsummit.com)
-Digital full pass : PESA Partner Digital – H-NAT 2023 (hnatworldsummit.com)
– Take advantage of a 30% discount until October 15 (Exclusive for PESA members)

PESA-ASEG WA: 36th Annual Golf Classic: The Vines - Swan Valley
2023-11-24 08:00 - 17:30 (Australia/Perth) | The Vines Resort and Country Club, Verdelho Drive, The Vines WA 6069, Perth, WA, 6069, Australia
PESA-ASEG 36th Annual Golf Classic: The Vines

The PESA-ASEG Annual Golf Classic is one of the most pleasant and well-attended oil and mineral industry golf tournaments held in Perth with recent years enjoying attendances of 100+ players.
This years tournament will be hosted at The Vines in the Swan Valley, on Friday 24th November 2023. The Vines Resort boasts the finest golf courses in Perth, WA, surrounded by native bush with abundant wildlife, lush manicured gardens and the magnificent Swan Valley wine region. Some of you may recall the challenge and beauty of this course from recent years of the PESA–ASEG Golf Classic.
After the charity success from previous years, PESA-ASEG has decided to partner again with our charity of choice, Parkerville Children and Youth Care. The charity is a 115-year-old non-for-profit organization, based here in WA. With 1/4 girls and 1/6 boys affected by child abuse and trauma by the age of 18, Parkerville has a huge role within our community; to raise awareness of child abuse, provide services for those in need and grow the network of support in providing a future for our WA children, young people, and families. As a proud supporter of the charity, we will run the day to raise as many funds as possible and are inviting your company to take part in it. There will be a silent auction, competitions, prizes, and raffle.
In addition this year, there will be a $20,000 hole in one prize available at a selected par 3 hole on the course. This prize has been kindly sponsored by Xcalibur Multiphysics.
Itinerary:
Teams of 4 will play ambrose rules, and mystery hole handicap weighting’s applied. The schedule for the day will be as follows:
from 7:30am: Registration and allocating of players to carts – cart labels with individual names8:10-9:00am: Chipping competition8:45-9:20am: Breakfast prior to start9:20am: Briefing from pro shop staff9:30am: Shotgun start with escort to appropriate holes2:00pm: Approximate finish2:00-5.00pm: Drinks from bar and BBQ on the terrace
Ticket Prices:
Member (ASEG or PESA): $160.00
Non-Member: $210.00
Book now to avoid disappointment as tickets are strictly limited.
– Teams of 4 should be registered as 4 players by the same person.– Teams can be a named team captain plus players TBC. Please contact wa-secretary@pesa.com.au to confirm names once these are known.
Refund Policy: Refunds are only applicable if notified in writing to wa-secretary@pesa.com.au prior to the close of ticket sales.
We kindly thank the following sponsors for supporting this event:
Charity Hole by Searcher Seismic

On Course Drinks by WSG

Chipping competition by Magspec

Hole in one ($20,000 prize) sponsor

Hole Sponsors:

Prizes sponsored by:

For sponsorship opportunities contact kelly@lacunasearch.com or scott.moore@seequent.com

PESA SA/NT November Technical Luncheon Coorikiana Sandstone Play, Cooper Basin region
2023-11-23 12:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | NSW
Coorikiana Sandstone Play, Cooper Basin region
Carmine Grasso
South Australia’s Department for Energy and Mining (DEM)

Abstract

Petroleum exploration of the Cooper/Eromanga basin commenced in 1954 with the granting of an exploration licence to Santos, the dominant focus for operators being gas resources of the deeper Permian reservoirs of the Cooper Basin, which are overlain by the younger shallower Eromanga Basin. However, a recent industry focus to specifically target the shallower reservoirs, viz., Coorikiana Sandstone of the Eromanga Basin, has yielded rewarding outcomes, thus adding to the Cooper/Eromanga basin reputation as Australia’s most prolific onshore oil and gas basin.
The early Cretaceous Coorikiana Sandstone has been proven to be a bona fide exploration, appraisal and development target in the South Australian sector of the Cooper/Eromanga basin. This presentation of the play is aimed at providing explorers with a better understanding of the geology and potential importance of these regressive marine shoreface sandstone reservoirs. Recent activity in the South Australian portion of the Cooper/Eromanga basin has proven successful via low-cost shallow drilling campaigns, focusing on delivering additional production rate and reserves for both oil and gas. These positive results in the Coorikiana Sandstone have not only placed the spotlight on this formation as a legitimate hydrocarbon target but it has also increased our knowledge on the importance of understanding the value of shallow hydrocarbon plays in the Eromanga Basin.

Event Details:
Thursday, November 23rd, 2023
Luncheon: 12 pm for a 12:30 pm start
Place: Ayer’s House, 288 North Tce, Adelaide
Includes a 2-course lunch and drinks
Bookings close 1 pm Monday, 20th November
Any late bookings will incur an additional $20 fee. Strictly no walk-ins.

PESA SA Core and Gross Depositional Environment Mapping Workshop: “A new look at South Australia’s onshore Otway Basin”
2023-11-17 09:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | South Australia Drill Core Reference Library, 5 Tonsley Boulevard, Clovelly Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia
PESA SA Core and Gross Depositional Environment Mapping Workshop:
“A new look at South Australia’s onshore Otway Basin”
Chris Cubitt, Rob Kirk, Tim Rady and Sharon Tiainen
SA Drill Core Reference Library, Tonsley
Friday November 17th 2023
9am – 4pm

Following the success of the previous year’s events, PESA SA/NT is pleased to announce an expanded itinerary this year with a full-day core workshop at the South Australia Drill Core Reference Library in Tonsley on Friday 17th November 9am – 4pm.
This year’s workshop takes an exciting new focus – quick look gross depositional environment (GDE) mapping of all key intervals in the onshore Otway Basin in SA.
Chris Cubitt, Rob Kirk, Tim Rady and Sharon Tiainen will host the workshop with participants first gaining an understanding of key cores, with a focus on defining depositional environments. Subsequently in the afternoon, teams will be guided through the construction of interval specific gross depositional environment maps with integrated seismic, wireline and core data at hand.
Participants will be encouraged to put pens to paper, explore new concepts, derive quick opinions and challenge regional concepts and exploration models.
The workshop will finish around 4.00pm with an optional stop at the Tonsley Hotel.
Who should attend? Exploration and development geoscientists, sedimentologists, petrophysicists, engineers, academics & geoscience students who wish to view onshore Otway petroleum core and get exposed to GDE mapping workflows.
Cost: $60 for PESA Members, $80 for non-members, free for students – up to three places. Includes lunch.
Bookings close 5pm on Monday 13th November unless sold out prior. Places are limited so please book early.
Location: The South Australia Drill Core Reference Library is in the heart of the newly revitalised Tonsley Precinct, adjacent to South Road. Attendees should make their own way to the Tonsley Precinct. There is ample car parking and public transport (by road or rail).
Please click this link for further details about the Drill Core Reference Library, including location and directions.

PESA WA November Evening talk: Natural Hydrogen Exploration - applying familiar tools in new ways
2023-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Perth) | The Shoe, Shop GSO7 Yagan Square, 376 - 420 Wellington St, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Natural Hydrogen Exploration: Applying Familiar Tools in New Ways

Krista Davies: Edith Cowan University, School of Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Energy Resources

The field of natural hydrogen exploration is currently experiencing a surge in global interest, with a notable focus on Australia, where recent legislative changes have created opportunities for exploration initiatives. But how can we effectively pursue this non-petroleum gas resource?
In recent years, the international dialogue has revolved around the concepts of play fairway mapping and soil gas sampling. However, the path to harnessing natural hydrogen is not as straightforward as merely marking serpentinites on a map, assembling drilling equipment, and venturing into the field. It’s important to acknowledge that natural hydrogen exploration presents distinct challenges that differ from conventional petroleum exploration, necessitating tailored methodological adjustments.
The complex chemical interactions between hydrogen, water, and minerals within rocks are contingent upon various factors, including the original mineral composition, temperature, pressure, salinity and the redox conditions of the system.
During this presentation, we will delve into a selection of emerging techniques spanning fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and desktop methodologies that are currently being developed within the natural hydrogen industry. Many of these techniques share common ground with established practices in oil and gas exploration, enabling a seamless and practical adaptation to the unique demands of natural hydrogen.
In light of the escalating importance of sustainable energy sources, the exploration of natural hydrogen via the refinement of petroleum techniques assumes a pivotal role in safeguarding our future energy security. Our research underscores the significance of an efficient and pragmatic approach to unlocking the potential of natural hydrogen. With ongoing research and development, natural hydrogen has the potential to evolve into a critical and dependable contributor to the clean energy mix.

Tuesday 14th November 6pm (for talk starting at 6.45pm), The Shoe Bar (Yagan Square)
Cost:
PESA Members: $25.00 (Members must Log on to the PESA website to see the member prices)
Non-members: $50.00
PESA Students Members: Free (registration is essential)
Bookings close Monday 13th November at 5pm for venue and catering purposes.

2023 PESA WEBINAR SERIES: Seismic Source Rock Global Tour
2023-11-14 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | NSW
Kindly supported by Rock Flow dynamics

This live webinar will take place at:
11am – Perth
12.30pm – Darwin
1pm – Brisbane
1:30pm – Adelaide
2pm – Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney
Use the calendar link on this page to add this event in to your own calendar at the correct local time for your location.
Tickets are free for members (please log in to see this) and $10 for non members.
Please buy your tickets and immediately follow the link in the ticket e-mail (not the calendar invite or this webpage, which is just generic and not event specific) to set up your registration with the webinar software well in advance of the time of the talk. Once registered with the webinar software you will receive a reminder e-mail 1 hour beforehand.
Seismic Source Rock Global Tour
Presented by Neil Hodgson (Searcher)
Abstract

“There are no source rocks south of the Walvis Ridge” was not an uncommon phrase which sounded in the industry until quite recently. This myth was finally busted in 2022 when Shell and Total Energies respectively announced the giant Graff and Venus discoveries in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia. This was the grand finale of a long-standing debate in which model and data fought a hard battle. On the one hand, there was a model that did not support the presence, quality and maturity of source rocks over oceanic crust. On the other hand, the novel approach of applying seismic source rock characterization in a frontier basin was pointing to the presence of a world class source rock generating hydrocarbons migrating into large traps (Rodriguez et al., 2023 EAGE Uruguay)
In the Loseth et al., 2011 publication“Can hydrocarbon source rocks be identified on seismic data?” compelling evidence using a significant amount of North Sea seismic and well data indicated that seismic data can be used to identify source rocks.
Using a full source rock de-risking methodology and access to a large global seismic dataset has enabled identification of source rocks on seismic. This presentation will be a guided tour around the seismic expression of source rocks in frontier basins around the world.

Sedimentary Evolution of a South Australian Cambrian Rift
2023-11-11 10:00 - 2023-11-12 15:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | NSW
PESA SA Field Trip
Sedimentary Evolution of a South Australian Cambrian Rift
From a carbonate ramp to siliciclastic fluvio-deltaics in a tectonically active Cambrian rift. How did the Delamerian clastic basin fill evolve and why?
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November 2023
An opportunity to investigate the Cambrian evolution of South Australia through the spectacular coastal exposures in the Fleurieu peninsula.
Rhodri Johns and Elinor Alexander will lead the field trip.
The full excursion is two days. Participants will have the option of participating in either or both days.
The first day will be spent examining the carbonate ramp deposits of the Sellick Hill Formation and the clastic turbidites of the Carrickalinga Head Formation at Myponga and Carrickalinga. Here signs of the early evolution of the Delamerian rift will be viewed.
The second day will be spent viewing the spectacular outcrops of The Fishery Beach section on the south coast near Cape Jervis. Here a magnificently exposed prograding clastic sequence, including Carrickalinga Head turbidites and the shallow marine deltaics of the Backstairs Passage Formation, are overlain by the incised valley fill turbidites of the Cooalinga Member.

Saturday, November 11th.

Self-drive to meet at the south Myponga Beach car park for a 10am start.
Once we have examined Sellick Hill Formation exposures, it’s a short drive to Carrickalinga Head to spend more time looking at the turbidite facies, to finish at about 4.
Attendees may wish to partake of a cleansing ale at Fork Tree Brewery, Carrickalinga, on the way back to Adelaide – a separate purchase.

You may also wish to make a weekend of it on the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula – organizing your accommodation on Saturday 11th.

Sunday, November 12th.

Self-drive to meet at the Fishery Beach car park – 5km south of Cape Jervis, for a 10am start.
We will then walk along the coastal sections to finish at about 3.
Attendees may wish to partake of a cleansing ale at Kick Back Brewing, Aldinga, on the way back to Adelaide – a separate purchase.

PESA Members: $20 per day. Non-Members: $30 per day. Students (limited places): no charge

Self-drive field trip – carpooling encouraged. BYO lunch.

Registrations are limited.

Contact Alex Ross 0434 569 936 alexross@fastmail.fm

Bookings close 5 pm Monday 6th November 2023

PESA ACT/NSW Melbourne Cup Lunch
2023-11-07 12:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Melbourne Cup and oil price prediction lunch
Join 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!
MELBOURNE CUP SWEEP AND CALCUTTA PROCESS
Due 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:
Every 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);
Every 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);
The price paid to buy an option goes to the original option holder;
The $40 goes to auction team as a pot for the race to the distributed between first, second and third horses;
With 24 horses the pot should be $960;
The names of the persons exercising the options will be inserted into a hat and then drawn against horses drawn out of another hat;
1/ 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;
2/ 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;
3/ 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;
Once 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.
Best 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.
