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View from the Top: Moore Issues Industry Warning As Farm Beckons
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
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Retiring West Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore is keen to get stuck into a small farm he bought a while back in Toodyay, playing some golf and travel with his wife Lee, but has a few loose ends to tie up to ensure his successor ha...
Aussies Overseas: Aussie Explorer Marches into Old Cold War Territory
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
Australian petroleum explorers and investors are moving into old Cold War territory, negotiating a still tangled web of intrigue to unlock the old eastern bloc's considerable gas resources. ...
Aussies Overseas: UK Research Gives Pura Vida the Nod
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
A leading UK broking and advisory firm has initiated independent research on Perth-based African oil explorer Pura Vida Energy giving it a risked value of $232 MM....
Aussies Overseas: Aussie CBM Specialists Tap into South African Market
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
South Africa is launching into a new era of a transformed energy equation and Perth companies Kinetiko Energy and Sunbird Energy are leading the way to solve the troubled country's energy supply - and even some social - issues. ...
Aussies Overseas: AWE Latches onto Prospective Slice of Indonesian Offshore Oil
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
Australian-listed company AWE has acquired ownership and operatorship of the undeveloped Ande Ande Lumut [AAL] oil field offshore Indonesia with an estimated 76 MM barrels of recoverable oil. ...
Aussies Overseas: Aussie Strikes Oil in Liberia
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
Australian listed African Petroleum Corps has announced a "significant" oil discovery off the coast of Liberia. The company has found 32 m of net oil pay in two zones and owns 100% of these blocks. Discoveries include 21 m in the Turonian and 11 m in...
Environment: Fugro-TSM and Carbon Neutral Partner to Offset Emissions
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
The Fugro-TSM Group of Companies has long held that a high standard of environmental performance is essential to the success of its business. This is the foundation that led to its decision to partner with Carbon Neutral on a three-year program to re...
Environment: Global Warming Research Funding Urgently Sought
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: John Gorter, ENI.
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
What are these?
Congratulations if you answered trace fossils, bonus if you identified the substrate as snow! Remember, a trace fossil consists of an imprint of or a mark left by an organism, as opposed to physical remains....
Words: The Moment I Sinned
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Peter Purcell
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
No sooner had I signed off on my last column and sat back to listen to the cricket than I heard that Michael Hussey had a nice leave. I assumed this meant he'd enjoyed his holidays as a welcome break from his busy schedule. Not so. The commentator we...
Branch Activities: Drillsearch PESA NSW Golf Tournament
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Barry Smith, Oilmen of NSW golf committee
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
Eighty PESA members and their guests attended the 44th annual Drillsearch-PESA (NSW) golf day and presentation dinner at the Avondale Golf Club on 16 November 2011....
Branch Activities: WA Farewells Jen
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
In March the WA branch farewelled its hardworking president Jen Wadsworth as she and her husband Tim and boys Stuart and Billy headed off to a new phase of their lives based in
Houston, Texas. Both Jen and Tim have accepted postings with BP. ...
Branch Activities: The “Las Vegas” Ball
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: April 2012
Abstract:
After the success of last year's ball, the WA Branch is pleased to announce that it will again hold a charity ball raising funds for the RFDS. This year's theme is "Las Vegas Cabaret". ...
Diary of Events
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
2012-2013 Conferences And Courses
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Words: Remembrance Of Words Past
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Peter Purcell
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Having ended 2011 with some words for the future, it is appropriate that we begin 2012 with some troublesome words from the past; alas, still going strongly in the present....
PESA Contacts
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Directory of Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia
- Board of Directors 2011 (as of March)
- Branch Presidents
- Branch Secretaries
- PESA Publications Sub-Committee
- PESA News Sub-Committee ...
Uncle Duster’s Opinion Repository: Christmas and the Breatharians
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Christmas at Camp Duster was, as usual, a lively affair. Festivities kicked off early, with the extended Duster clan rolling in from all corners of Western Australia - from Bindoon to Booragoon, Mount Magnet to Marble Bar, and everywhere in between. ...
Media Plays: Playing the Media Game
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
The mainstream media treatment of oil and gas issues is often predictable and observant of a tried and tested formula. As a petroleum play is determined by a geological set of circumstances, "media plays" are similarly determined by a combination of ...
Industry News: Chevron-UWA Partnership to Help Build WA Gas Technology Hub, Midstream Industry
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Western Australia's petroleum sector has some $64 B worth of projects either underway or
committed for the next few years yet there is almost no established midstream industry to speak of in this part of the world. Elevating University of WA Profess...
Industry News: NOPTA Darwin Option on Hold
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Plans for a Darwin office for the new National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) are on hold until a business case for such a proposition is proven....
Industry News: Santos Expands WA Operations, Open to Discussions on Energy Security
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
5antos is stepping up its exploration and appraisal activity in offshore WA in 2012 and is open to discussions with Verve Energy to help with its expected gas shortfall by 2015 if the WA energy producer cannot re-negotiate a deal with the North West ...
Industry News: Fletcher Finucane Oil Development Sanctioned
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Santos announced it has lifted its interest in the $490 MM Fletcher Finucane oil project, which reached final investment decision on 13 January....
Industry News: APPEA Urges Status Quo
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
APPEA has pleaded with the Federal Government to maintain the status quo regarding retention leases despite the latest draft Energy White Paper suggesting a "use it or lose it" regime. ...
Industry News: Acreage in Four Basins to be Released
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson will release acreage over 28 areas in the Carnarvon, Browse, Gippsland and Otw ay basins at the 13- 16 May APPEA National Conference and Exhibition in Adelaide. ...
Industry News: The 15 Areas from the 2011 Acreage Release Open Until 12 April 2012
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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- Money Shoal Basin, NT
- Scott Plateau, Browse Basin, WA
- Rowley Sub-basin, Roebuck Basin, WA
- Northeastern Exmouth Plateau, Northern Carnarvon Basin, WA
- Southern Carnarvon Basin, WA
- Perth ...
Industry News: APLNG Transmission Pipeline Kicks Off
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
The arrival in Port Gladstone of the first shipment of steel pipe for the $14 B Australia Pacific LNG Project on 23 January signalled the start of the construction phase for the main gas transmission pipeline of the CSG to LNG project. ...
Industry News: Central Australian Oil Discovery No Surprise
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Central Petroleum's persistence looks to have paid off with the recent oil discovery Surprise- 1 set to see the company transit from an exploration to an exploration and production company. The implications of this milestone oil discovery w ill form ...
Industry News: ATCO Strategy to Work with Government
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Canadian power, energy infrastructure, operations and logistics giant ATCO is prepared for a strong 2012 after an impressive first year of its Australian affiliate saw the successful acquisition of WA Gas Networks, now called ATCO Gas. The coming yea...
Geothermal: CSIRO Helping Perth Reach Geothermal Potential
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
The Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (WAGCoE) has several demonstration projects underway to help Perth realise its potential as one of the top 10 'geothermal cities' in the world, as judged by the US Geothermal Energy Association....
Geothermal: Australia’s Geothermal Potential Cools
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
While initial calculations show Australia is sitting on vast reserves of green geothermal energy sufficient enough to replace carbon emissions-intensive coal and gas power 68 times over, more conclusive evidence is proving elusive. ...
Geothermal: Southern Cross To Manage $200 MM Renewables Fund
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Southern Cross Venture Partners has been appointed fund manager of Australia's largest renewable energy venture capital fund, making available a total of $200 MM to support renewable energy companies from early 2012. The Australian Government's commi...