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Geothermal: Geothermal Cities
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Klaus Regenauer-Lieb and the WA Geothermal Centre of Excellence team: CSIRO, UWA and Curtin University
- Date Published: February 2012
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The US Geothermal Energy Association has identified Perth as one of the top 10 'Geothermal Cities' on the grounds of "entering the geothermal community with a new twist- as the first geothermally cooled city with commercially powered heating and air-...
Environment: NOPSA Takes on Environment
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on the Macondo drilling well blew up in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, 11 men were killed. Yet the world's media largely focused on the substantial environmental damage....
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...
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...
LNG: Darwin Braces For Japanese…Again
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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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. ...
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...
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...
LNG: Survival Scheme Turns Into Jobs Solution
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Janet Hann
- Date Published: February 2012
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What started as a survival move by Origin Energy has turned into an opportunity to pro-actively address the chronic skills shortage that is now plaguing Australia's rapidly expanding resources sector - which includes getting landholders to work for t...
Seismic Technology: A 20-Year Retrospective on the Future of Seismic Technology
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Andrew Long, PGS
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
PGS celebrated 20 years of operation in 2011, having built a business around seismic technology innovation. Where do we go now? After a brief review of current trends I focus on what I believe is the key driver and platform for technology evolution i...
Seismic Technology: Exploration Opportunities in the Timor Sea Region
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Paul Robinson, Spectrum Petroleum Solutions
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
The northern Bonaparte Basin is a known and proven hydrocarbon province. It hosts a number of large gas-condensate accumulations, including the Bayu-Undan Field and the Sunrise-Sunset-Loxton Shoals-Troubadour (SSLT) complex, as well as a number of oi...
Company Focus: Perth Junior To Reap Rewards Of Morocco Venture
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Morocco boasts glorious architecture and fortified citadels from when Islamic expansion across North Africa was at its greatest in the seventh century. It may also prove to be a place of glory for Pura Vida Energy, a junior Perth-based company that l...
Company Focus – From Skullduggery to Success: Beach Marks 50th
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
These days, when suits make veiled threats in business dealings, Reg Nelson laughs them off. ...
Recruitment: Industry Tackles Recruitment Dilemma
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being pumped into high-level training and qualification to ensure the plethora of LNG projects being rolled out in Queensland, Western Australia and Darwin over the next decade are delivered on time to benefit Aust...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Safety: What Value, Our Heritage? A Sparkie Reflects
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: John Holt
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
"What is the value of 'heritage' to an industry such as the petroleum industry?"
I wish I had a dollar for every time I have been asked that question. The petroleum industry is 'forward looking', 'challenge driven' and we create 'benc...
Shale Exploration: Unconventional Methods For Unconventional Plays
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Ken Ratcliffe and Milly Wright, Chemostrat; Dave Spain, BP USA
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Using Elemental Data To Understand Shale Resource Plays
Shales are an important hydrocarbon resource; yet understanding them as reservoirs remains problematic. Their fine-grained, organic-rich yet superficially homogenous character ma...
Shale: Industry and Government Get Cracking on Shale Concerns
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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West Australian shale operators have banded together to produce a fracturing Code of Practice that could prove critical to restoring public confidence in the industry to ensure its growth that could re-shape the energy picture for not only the countr...
Education: Field Guide to Perth and Surrounds
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
A Field Guide to Perth and Surrounds is an excellent guide compiled to support the teaching of Earth and Environmental Science in Western Australian schools.
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Obituaries: Professor Alan Cecil Cook (1935- 2011) – Memorial
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
Professor Alan Cook was the Foundation Professor of Geology at Wollongong University and world-renowned organic petrologist - sought after for his expertise by coal and petroleum companies from around the world, Alan was undoubtedly the foremost orga...
Obituaries: Nicole Williams (1960-2011)
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Waf Muir, John K Davidson, Peter Boles and John Carmody
- Date Published: February 2012
Abstract:
The Australian oil industry lost one of its finest characters in November 2011 with the sudden and unexpected death of Nicole Williams in Brisbane. Nicole was one of the people who assisted in bringing computing power to bear on the industry as well ...
Branch Activities: PESA NSW Christmas 2011
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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The PESA NSW branch celebrated their 2011 Christmas party at George's Mediterranean Bar & Grill on King Street Wharf, Sydney....
Industry News: The Circus Comes Down Under
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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The Down Under GeoSolutions Circus rolled into Perth on a beautiful Summer's night in late November (ok, that was officially still Spring, but it was like a Summer's night - so just go with it). ...
View from the Top: From Geologist to Ultra-marathon Runner, Ikon Geophysicist Stares Death in Face
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: February 2012
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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 ...
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 ...
Uncle Duster’s Opinion Repository: Uncle Duster’s Little Puckers
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
Old Duster has had his fair share of run-ins with authority over the years, that's for sure: I stand up for what I believe in, often fighting the good fight. Like back in '89 when I ran afoul of my council after setting up a breeding pen for Pug-Cock...
Industry News: APPEA Warning On Strangling Red Tape
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
The Australian oil and gas industry's peak body has released on 24 November its State of the industry 2011 report, which concludes that increasing costs and inefficient approvals processes will, if not addressed, severely reduce the returns to the Au...
Industry News: Onshore Oil And Gas Activity On The Rise In 2011
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2011
Abstract:
Professional services firm Deloitte recently released its first Drilling and Licensing report covering exploration and appraisal (E&A) drilling, licensing and deal activity in the Australian oil and gas sector during the September quarter. ...