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View from the Top: From Geologist to Ultra-marathon Runner, Ikon Geophysicist Stares Death in Face
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
For all the hype of travelling the globe in the oil and gas industry, it can also be distinctly life-threatening.
It didn't occur to Ikon Science's Fractured ReservoirNSP (vertical seismic profile) imaging expert Simon Emsley that he would ...
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. ...
Environment: New Face Set to Make Waves in Australia’s Offshore Regulation
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
It all started with Harry Butler.
While conservationist and naturalist Harry Butler's TV show In the Wild with Harry Butler fed his childhood imagination, Cameron Grebe's passion was for engineering, and when the time came to enter universit...
President’s Report: Two Speed Better Than No Speed, But Costs a Worry
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Gordon Wakelin-King
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Consultants (like me anyway) always live a little hand-to-mouth and a couple of things lately have made me think about our business....
Industry News: Acreage in Four Basins to be Released
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
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. ...
Onlaps: Seismic Facies Mapping (Part 3)
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Rob Kirk, Rob Kirk Consultants
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
In this final (of three) facies mapping article we will briefly discuss the role that automated facies work takes. This is usually only applied to 3D data and in my opinion is rarely done by geologists who should have full 'ownership' of the region's...
Diary of Events
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
2012-2013 Conferences And Courses
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Recruitment: Worst Manufacturing Skills Crisis in 45 Years – Expert
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Australia is in the midst of its worst manufacturing crisis in over 45 years, says the man the Federal Government has appointed as its Steel Supplier Advocate.
Dennis O'Neill has over 45 years in export, manufacturing, distribution, constru...
Industry News: The 15 Areas from the 2011 Acreage Release Open Until 12 April 2012
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
- 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 ...
LNG: Darwin Braces For Japanese…Again
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Darwin is bracing for an influx of people after Japanese major INPEX and French joint venture partner Total announced on 13 January that the final investment decision had been made on the $34 B lchthys LNG project. ...
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....
Recruitment: Australians to Build QCLNG Project’s Future
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
QGC is placing a significant emphasis on training to secure an operational workforce for its CSG-LNG project for over 20 years into the future.
While the oil and gas industry is being hit with the chronic skills shortage that is affecting th...
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. ...
LNG: Operator Challenges in the CSG·LNG Industry In Australia
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Michael Scott, Petroleum Engineer, Arrow Energy
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Coal seam gas (CSG) has been a key component of domestic gas supply in Queensland for the last decade. However, the industry has only recently gained significant traction with the proposal of international liquefied natural gas (LNG) export. The goal...
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 ...
Safety: History Buff Sparkie To Capture Offshore Oil History
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
History has a funny way of creeping up on you, then consuming you. It certainly was the case for offshore oil rig electrician-turned historian John Holt, who is undertaking a PhD in History at the University of WA and working to get a Capturing the E...
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 ...
Editor’s Comment: Facing The Inevitable
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Adrian Williams
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Last issue saw me lording it up in the restaurants of Rome following a rather arduous geological tour of the vineyards of Umbria and Marche. This issue I write to you from the back blocks of Bendigo where I have had the dubious pleasure of sampling f...
Coal Seam Gas: Unanswered Questions Worry Queensland Agriculture
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
The collective impact on the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) of 40,000 wells to be drilled in Queensland over the next 20 years to support the State's seven LNG projects is a "big-picture, massive concern" that is the biggest issue agriculture producers h...
Shale Gas: New Shale Gas Results in the Amadeus and Georgina Basins
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Lidena Carr, Geoscience Australia
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
The Onshore Energy Security Program was funded by the Australian Government for five years (2006-2011) to provide geological information on frontier, onshore sedimentary basins in
Australia, many of which are under-explored with respect to hydrocarb...
President’s Report: Lectures and Short Courses, a Core Service to Members
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Gordon Wakelin-King
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
I hope many of our members have taken the opportunity to catch Ian Longley's 2011 PESA Distinguished Lecture this month. I sat in on our version in Melbourne and I thought it was excellent. Given the funny title I knew I'd enjoy it but I didn't think...
Coal Seam Gas: NSW CSG Industry Caught in Paradox – Santos
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
Land access is critical to providing gas companies with the scientific data to ensure aquifer protection and service a gas demand that is set to triple in the next 10 years, Santos' Eastern Australia Vice President James Baulderstone told the Austral...
PESA / ASEG WA Annual Golf Tournament
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
The results from the PESA/ASEG WA Annual Golf Tournament are detailed herein. A special mention goes to Wayne Bauer for his hole-in-one. It is understood to be the first time it has been awarded in the tournament's history....
Editor’s Comment: Why Study Geology? It’s All Around Us
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Adrian Williams
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
It seems that geology isn't such a favoured choice at university these days; much preferred are subjects like Marine Biology, Environmental Science or some sort of tree hugging option. ...
Coal Seam Gas: QGC’s LNG Project Dependent On Water
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
QGC's $15 B LNG hub at Gladstone depends on restoring public confidence in water management, land access and operational performance, Senior Vice President Jim Knudsen told delegates at the PESA QLD/NT Symposium on 22 September in Brisbane. ...
Australia Participates in International Earth Science Olympiad for First Time
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
The International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) is an annual competition for secondary school students (under 18) aimed at encouraging interest in Earth Science and enhancing Earth Science learning. The IESO enables young learners from different coun...
Conferences & Courses: Central Australian Basins Symposium (CABS 3) July 16·17, 2012, Alice Springs
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Greg Ambrose, Central Petroleum
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
A Devonian Rimmed Carbonate Platform Complex and Barrier Reef Complex Underlies the Pedirka Basin in the Simpson Desert
An exciting new palaeozoic reef terrane will be showcased at CABS3, 16- 17 July 2012. Numerous oil/gas plays are evolving...
PESA Contacts
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
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 ...
Environment: WP Report Stokes CSG-LNG Emissions Debate
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
WorleyParsons' long-awaited report on CSG-LNG emissions has fuelled the debate over the
CSG industry's green credentials rather than sating its opponents. ...
Branch News: PESA SA Prizes and Bursaries Awarded in 2011
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
PESA's South Australian branch awards a $1000 prize annually for the best petroleum geoscience paper by a student at a South Australian tertiary institution, accepted for publication in the preceding year. ...