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The mergers, acquisitions and divestments business has seen several industry-changing deals in the last couple of years. Many of the majors have now become 'super-majors', as the E&P industry has rationalised the top players.

The acquisitio...

The sun has fallen low in thE sky, illuminating the dusty red earth with a golden glow that silhouettes shapes against the horizon. The patch of spinifex and rocky outcrop that is tonight's camp offers little shelter but, for the next few hours. it i...

Palaeontologist Scott Hocknull, from the Queens land Museum, was recently named Young Australian of the Year. For such an honour to be bestowed on a scientist rather than a sportsman is unusual in Australia, despite our aspirations to be a 'smart cou...

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• Infrastructure Development
• Exploration Activities
• Basin Studies Group Update: Otway and Gippsland Basins; News from Basin Studies
• Petroleum Resources and Production
• Petroleum Informat...

While the petroleum sector can boast a more considerate attitude towards its new parents than many other Australian industries, juggling a career and family remains a challenge for both mums and dads.

In this report, PESA News uncovers how s...

This report was delivered on behalf of the Federal Executive of PESA Ltd to the Nineteenth Annual General Meeting to be held in Adelaide on Sunday, 21st Apri l 2002, covering the calendar year 2001....

• Beach Unveils Ambitious Drilling Program
• CGG Returns to Profitability
• More Deals for NWS Gas
• Cliff Head Drilling Program Announced
• Study Reveals Security Fears
• Paradigm Update
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• Unocal Tests Indonesian Discovery
• Carat Proves a Gem for Novus
• PGS Awarded New 4C Contracts
• Novus' Asset Changes
• Santos Ups US Assets Through Esenjay
• West Seno Proceeds With US Gover...

• 2002 New Zealand Petroleum Conference: Over 400 delegates from the local and international arena attended the 2002 New Zealand Petroleum Conference, drawn to the event by the quality of presentations and opportunity to mee...

• Fingerprinting Formation Waters Using Stable Isotopes: Applications to Petroleum Exploration and Production by Asst. Professor Ben J. Rostron, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ...

The Cliff Head discovery of December 2001 has the potential to herald a new beginning for the Perth Basin, which was long regarded as a non-producing basin. The success of the drilling campaign in WA286-P has been attributed to the persistence and de...

The founder of the Professional Division of the Australian Petroleum Exploration Association (now PESA) was Earl Abbot. He conceived the idea in 1967 and, by the following year, the Division was in operation. Earl has been acknowledged for his effort...

During 2000 / 2001 PGS acquired a 10,000 km² multi-client survey in the South China Sea, northwest of the coast of the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. The production of a high-quality 10,000 km² multi-client dataset was executed in world record tim...