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Industry News: Petrosys to Market FaultRisk Structural Geology Suite
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Petrosys and FaultSeal recently announced a global reseller agreement for FaultRiskTM software that will enable petroleum geoscientists to interpret the geometry and trap characteristics of faults through the combination of Petrosys maps a...
Unconventionals: Shale Gets Set to Soar in WA
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
The blueprint for convincing the public that the regulatory framework will protect the environment, water supplies and health, counteracting environmental apocalypse fears and successfully hitching on to the enterprising shale gas bandwagon has begun...
Industry News: Peter Baillie Joins CGGVeritas
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Peter Baillie, previously with WA Department of Minerals & Energy, TGS Nopec and Geodata Ventures, has joined CGGVeritas as Senior Vice President, Business Development Advisor, Multi-client and New Ventures, based in Singapore...
Company Focus: Troy’s Got it on Tap
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Tap Oil
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Since taking over the reins at Tap Oil nearly two years ago, CEO and Managing Director, Troy Hayden looks back at the path that has taken him there, and how it has shaped his future growth plans for the company. ...
Industry News: Broome Locals Lockout Woodside Employees
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Woodside employees were blocked temporarily from entering their offices due to protests in response to Woodside attempting to gain Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA) permissions to enter the sand dunes at James Price Point. ...
Seismic Technology: Seismic Characterisation of Unconventional Plays in North America
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Lee Bell, Mary Edrich, and Alvaro Chaveste, Geokinetics
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Unconventional resource plays have revolutionised the oil and gas industry across North America. Resource plays include shales, where the shale is both source and reservoir, and other ultralow-permeability rocks that contain hydrocarbons which have m...
Industry News: AWT International Appoints David Kirk as CEO
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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AWT International (AWT) announced the appointment of David Kirk as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2012. Kirk will be based in the Perth head office and report directly to AWT's Board of Directors. ...
Education: Could Hemp Support our Future Energy Demand?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Hemp will play a critical role in shifting the planet's fuel sources from unsustainable towards sustainable, renewable and environmentally friendly.
This was claimed by Gareth Jones, from the University of WA addressing the topic, "Where sho...
Industry News: Good Oil Conference Still Going Strong
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
The 2012 RIU Good Oil Conference, which reached near-record numbers despite the economic cold front which swept the economy, was dominated by one phrase: unconventional oil and gas. ...
Technology Focus: Reservoir Modelling in Australian Shale: Challenges and Opportunities
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Raj Damodaran, Emerson Process Management
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
For many operators today, 3D reservoir modelling has become the standard platform for the mapping, understanding and predicting of behaviour in oil and gas reservoirs. Furthermore, as reserves continue to decrease and operators look towards deeper an...
Branch Activities: PESA NSW: Walcott Student Night
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
On Tuesday 28 August, the PESA NSW branch hosted its annual student night. The event celebrates the achievements of students in the geoscience industry and, in particular, the efforts of one special student. ...
Industry News: Indications of a Gas Bearing Reservoir
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Karoon Gas has advised that Boreas-1 in WA-315-P intersected the primary reservoir objective and the drilling assembly was being pulled out of the hole in preparation to commence coring operations. ...
Acreage Release: SA Cooper and Otway Basins Acreage Release
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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The South Australian Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, the Han Tom Koutsantonis, opened bidding for the 201 2 South Australian petroleum acreage release on 4 September 2012. Two new petroleum exploration licences (PELs) are being offered in ...
Industry News: BHP to Focus on Aussie-US Assets
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Mining giant BHP Billiton has announced that a key focus for the future will be developing its "world-class" oil and gas discoveries in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, as it seeks to channel exploration activities towards its Carnarvon Bas...
Technology Focus: Innovations in Visualisation Open New Possibilities for Interpreters
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Bruno de Ribet, Paradigm
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Visualisation technology is continuously evolving, with the growing availability of rendering and transparency capabilities scalable to common computer architectures. To date, this evolution has followed two main trends. The first has the objective o...
Branch Activities: 33rd Annual PESA/SPE Golf Day
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
The 33rd Annual South Australian PESA/SPE Golf day held on Friday, 30 March was another resounding success with $25,000 raised for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). ...
Industry News: Santos Farms-in as Operator to Onshore Amadeus and Pedirka Basin Permits
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Santos recently announced a farm-in agreement across permits in the Amadeus and Pedirka basins in the Northern Territory. ...
Acreage Release: Seven New Offshore Permits Awarded
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
The Australian Federal Government has granted seven new petroleum exploration permits offshore Western Australia and the Northern Territory in the second round of the 2011 Exploration Acreage Release. ...
Industry News: Natural Gas Replacing Diesel?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Innovative technologists are finding new ways to substitute cheap natural gas in place of expensive diesel. ...
Environment: UWA Building New CO2 Lab to Boost Carbon Capture Storage Research
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
The University of Western Australia will have a new CO2 research facility built on its campus in 2013. ...
Branch Activities: Careers in Geoscience
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
On Tuesday 21 August at City West Reception Centre, West Perth, PESA WA Branch hosted a Careers in Geoscience night for High School and University students....
Industry News: Drillsearch Announces Takeover for Acer Energy
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Drillsearch is acquiring Acer Energy shares on-market and the bid values Acer at approximately $118 MM or 25.5 cents per share....
Onlaps: In Praise of Older Cycles – Part 2 of 3
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Rob Kirk, Rob Kirk Consultants
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
This article is the second of three on lower order cycles that may help us to better predict our geology. Note that figure numbering follows on from the first article which ran in the August/September (No. 119) edition of PESA News Resources....
Industry News: Nexus Looks to FLNG
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Nexus Energy believes its Crux gas-condensate field in the eastern Browse Basin off Western Australia could be developed as a stand-alone floating LNG project. Based on the Crux partner Shell that is in the development of FLNG technology. ...
Environment: Downer Wins $70 Million Dollar Contract
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Only a day after the announcement of the 131 MW Mercer wind farm project in Victoria, Downer EDI has won a $70 MM contract on the project. The $260 MM, 131 MW Mt Mercer wind farm, located 30 km south of Ballarat, will provide enough renewable energy ...
Branch Activities: PESA, ASEG, SPE Quiz Night 2012
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
A joint Quiz night attended by members of South Australia's PESA, ASEG and SPE societies raised $2,200 for RFDS on 27 July 2012.
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Industry News: Planets are Aligned for Browse FLNG
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Macquarie Securities Analyst Adrian Wood believes the Shell-Chevron deal points towards an FLNG future for Browse, but says it's all a question of timing. ...
Words: Humpty Dumpty Thinking
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Peter Purcell
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
A few months back I mentioned hearing an ABC announcer defend her use of the words agreeance and disputation, as in There was a big disputation but we have agreeance now.
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Industry News: Nexus Releases Full Year Results for 2012
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Nexus Energy has reported a net loss after tax of $342.3 MM after taking impairments on hydrocarbon reserves at its Longtom gas project in Bass Strait, on long lead items associated with the previously proposed Crux liquids project and the cost of PR...
Safety: Engineers Can Become Convicted Criminals
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Lawyers are an engineer's new best friend. Why? Engineers working in Australia could be held personally liable for their designs where someone using or working on it dies or is injured in a workplace accident. Although corporate manslaughter currentl...