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Funny Phil is cooking up some festive cheer for the Christmas Lunch
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2020
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The PESA WA Branch has pulled a funny bunny out of the hat for this year’s December lunch in which the traditional Christmas laughter and irreverence is set to continue, but this time featuring a semiprofessional stand-up comic who also happens to ...
Roebuck Basin, WA/527-P
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: 3D OIL
- Date Published: October 2020
Abstract:
Awarded in March 2017 for an nominal three year exploration term requiring Geological and Geophysical studies and 3D seismic acquisition. The permit is large, covering an area of ~6,500km2. It is under-explored with sparse open-file 2D seismic and no...
Multiple farm-in opportunities within New Zealand’s prolific Taranaki Basin
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: DR MIKE MARTIN, WESTSIDE
- Date Published: October 2020
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Westside NZ is an exploration and production company holding three fully compliant tenements, covering approximately 600 km2 in the oil and gas-rich Taranaki Basin (PMP38155, PMP38151 and PEP60402). The basin is NZ’s premier hydrocarbon province in...
Inspirational Images
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2020
Abstract:
It was a close call, but PESA News is delighted to announce that WEIDI KOH, a commercially qualified drone video enthusiast who also happens to be a geophysicist, is the winner of this year’s Inspirational Images competition. Ultimately, it came do...
Industry-nominated Acreage Release brings 100,000km² in 42 areas to the table
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2020
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Australia’s 2020 Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release unveiled 42 areas in Commonwealth waters off Western Australia, Northern Territory and the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands....
Well Data For Your Exploration Needs
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: WILTSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SERVICES
- Date Published: October 2020
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In today's environment, ready access to high-quality data plays a critical role in decision making. Good due diligence requires an independent and timely source of high-quality data to validate exploration plays. Unfortunately, public domain data in ...
No stone left unturned for a gathering of rock stars at AEGC21
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2020
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The clarion call has sounded with the call for abstract submissions from all geoscience-related disciplines for next year’s Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference in Brisbane....
Making Nitrogen a Valuable Co-product of Helium Recovery from Natural Gas
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Dr Mike Clarke
- Date Published: October 2020
Abstract:
The adage, ‘the customer is always right’, applies to the helium production and distribution industry. Customers may be looking for a gaseous industrial grade, say 70% He, an A-Grade gaseous product (say 99·99% He) or a very pure liquid product ...
Fossil Fuel Hydrogen – Technical Economical and Environmental Potential
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: W. J. NUTTALL, A. T. BAKENNE Reviewed by Alex Maftei
- Date Published: October 2020
Abstract:
At a casual glance through the economic sections of the main newspapers a reader will notice that in the last few years in several countries, including Australia, new projects have emerged in the so-called hydrogen economy. The author of this review ...
Australia steps on the gas to accelerate out of an energy crisis collision
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: DALE GRANGER
- Date Published: October 2020
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Two steps forward, one step back has been the mantra of Australia’s oil & gas industry which has ticked off some spectacular LNG successes over the past decade, only to watch these major milestones diluted by developmental and exploration setbacks ...
IHS Markit Australian Quarterly Drilling Summary (Q2–2020)
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: SAMANTHA HUMPHREYS
- Date Published: October 2020
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Drilling levels during Q2 2020 in Australia have been significantly affected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the lower oil price environment. Exploration, appraisal and development operations have been reduced throughout the first half o...
Elixir delivers stock market hope for COVID casualties
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: DALE GRANGER
- Date Published: October 2020
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In troubled times and a planet in crisis, Adelaide-headquartered Elixir Energy (EXR) has brought a ray of hope to a dark tunnel all the way from far-flung Mongolia. In a year of scant consolation, a decimated oil and gas industry could only reflect t...
WA-521-P Labyrinth Project Roebuck Basin The sequel to Dorado
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: CARNARVON PETROLEUM LTD
- Date Published: October 2020
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Carnarvon Petroleum is recognised as a technical leader in generating new exploration plays, focussing on the Triassic....
Vale Dr Robert (Bob) Day PESA Distinguished Member
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: SUE SLATER
- Date Published: October 2020
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The development of the Queensland’s resources owes much to Bob Day. From his involvement with the early days of the South West Queensland Petroleum Consortium (SWQP) led by Delhi and Santos and its subsequent success in the Cooper Basin during his ...
Welcome to the second quarter 2020 edition of PESA News
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
Abstract:
IT is hard to believe that we are half way through the year already. Three months have passed since we were introduced to ‘social distancing’ and now we are within reach of everyday life returning to something more aligned with the normality we k...
HONOURS BOARD
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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AS part of an initiative to encourage and promote petroleum geoscience, research and education in Australia, over the past few years PESA has been offering Federal Postgraduate scholarships to support PhD or Masters student undertaking geoscience res...
The jewel in the crown of Queensland’s onshore acreage release is not the only rich picking
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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AT first glance, Queensland’s 2020 acreage release – a drumroll crescendo opening up 6700km² of land for gas exploration in 12 prospective blocks – was one to whet the appetite for explorers and in particularly those looking to unlock domestic...
Knowledgette Partners with PESA to Promote Oil & Gas e-Learning
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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PALO Alto, CA (June 19, 2020) – Knowledgette, an online learning platform specializing in bite-sized video lectures for the oil and gas industry, and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) have partnered to deliver even more learning...
Resurgent drilling activities hits COVID turbulence
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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From the significant decline in exploration across 2015-2016, we were beginning to see a slight uptick in exploration activities as the price of oil gradually rose. Although, 2019 did not show the expected progression of this trend, company activitie...
PESA-SPE SA Golf Day cancelled but still scores above par with funds raised for the Royal Flying Doctor Service
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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THE 41st PESA-SPE SA Golf Day was shaping up to be a fantastic event with a full field of enthusiastic registered golfers, a record number of sponsors and perfect sunny golfing weather forecast for Friday March 20th. ...
APPEA lauds Victorian bill set to lift moratorium on conventional gas exploration
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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APPEA says the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 passage through the Victorian State Parliament sets the scene for a resumption of onshore gas exploration in the state, which should lead to more gas supply flowing to Victoria’s homes and bu...
The Winners’ circle: PESA SA/NT & Federal scholarship awards
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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AT the PESA SA/NT December 2019 luncheon, scholarship awards were presented to two students from the University of Adelaide in recognition of their outstanding research projects related to the petroleum industry....
Oil & gas players pick up the pieces on the ASX
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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SIFTING through the rubble still smouldering from the wreckage of oil & gas stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange is enough to call for a stiff drink. But there were signs in the FY20 fourth quarter of a jittery recovery as oil prices clawed b...
Tribute to Owen Nugent
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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EARLIER this year, the Adelaide petroleum community lost one of its most renowned geologists when Owen Nugent suddenly passed away while playing tennis at his local tennis club. ...
Despite COVID delays, AEGC 2021 is alive, well & all set for September 2021
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
LUNCHES & EVENING TALKS ARE, HOPEFULLY, BACK ON THE MENU
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
Abstract:
IN July, subject to the city of Perth keeping the COVID-19 pandemic under control, the WA Branch will reintroduce the popular monthly lunches and evening talks that had been previously suspended due to social distancing and lockdown precautions....
South Australian Petroleum Review – May 2020
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
Abstract:
The Energy Resources Division in the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining is the lead agency in facilitating petroleum and geothermal activities in the state. It has responsibility for facilitating the generation of royalty income, econo...
Structural and lithological controls on the architecture of igneous intrusions: examples from the NW Australian Shelf
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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Rift-related magmatism resulting in widespread igneous intrusions has been documented in various basins, including the Faroe Shetland Basin (UK), the Voring and Møre basins (Norway), and along the NW Shelf of Australia. Seismic mapping, combined wit...
Turn the Ship Around! A True Story Of Turning Followers Into Leaders
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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AN unprecedented lockdown should be regarded as an opportunity. A time where we have so much time; not completely spent watching sports or driving from here to there completing needless errands, but rather a time to spend with our immediate family an...
The bold and the brave will rise like the cream in times of crisis
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: June 2020
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"Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when other are greedy.”
The first time I read these wise words of 89-year-old Warren Buffett I really should have heeded his advice, particularly as people pay big money just to hear him speak and t...