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Industry News: Gas Discovery at Crown in The Browse Basin
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Santos recently announced a significant gas discovery at the Crown-1 exploration well in WA-274-P, located in the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia. ...
President’s Report: Year End Report
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Gordon Wakelin-King
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Dear members,
As you are filling out your 2013 membership renewal it may interest you to know our final membership figure for the year (yes, it takes some people until October to renew, and we are probably still chasing some people) was 1995...
Branch Activities: Curtin Geology Student Society (GEOS) Quiz Night
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
The WA Branch of PESA sponsored a Quiz Night in mid-August for Curtin University geology students to attend. ...
Industry News: Poland Woos Shale Gas Investment
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Poland has stepped on the shale gas accelerator by proposing tax capping incentives in a bid to woo investment towards developing its unconventional resources. ...
Industry News: NOPSEMA “Offside” as Companies Cry Foul Over “Heavy-Handed” Regulations
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
NOPSEMA has been accused of overstepping the boundaries of its jurisdiction by enforcing heavy-handed regulations of seismic vessels synonymous with oil producing rigs and platforms that has cost energy companies millions of dollars in downtime and c...
Aussies Overseas: Feisty Perth Junior Flexes Muscles in Texas
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Australian junior exploration and production company Antares Energy has expanded its Big Star acreage in Texas, USA, through the acquisition of Big Star Oil and Gas company's interests in the project.
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Industry News: Beach Energy’s Cooper Basin Resurgence Continues
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Beach Energy will spend up to a record $410 MM on South Australian Cooper Basin exploration and development and add up to SO new jobs at its Glenside headquarters in the current financial year as new technologies and shale gas opportunities transform...
Aussies Overseas: MEO Expands Thai Exploration Portfolio
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Australian company MEO has acquired a 50% stake in Pearl Oil's G2/48 concession in the Rayong Basin in the Gulf of Thailand. ...
Industry News: Bauer Field May Hold More Oil
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
On 6 November Beach Energy and Drillsearch Energy announced that they have made a new Cooper Basin oil discovery that may increase reserves at the Bauer oil field. ...
Aussies Overseas: Woodside Enters Major Gas Discovery Offshore Israel
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Woodside has reached an agreement in principle to acquire a participating interest in one of the largest recent gas discoveries worldwide, which could see the company play a key role in the potential development of an LNG industry in Israel. ...
Industry News: Central Petroleum and Total Announce Strategic Alliance for Exploration in Southern Georgina Basin
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Central Petroleum has announced a multistage farm-out agreement with French energy company Total for the exploration of approximately 6 MM acres in the southern Georgina Basin....
Seismic Technology: The Value of PRM in Enabling High Payback lOR
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Martin Bett, TGS
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Innovative uses of seabed seismic technology can help operators achieve considerably higher returns from new and mature fields. High potential returns with low risk and lower lifetime cost of ownership are increasingly attractive. ...
Diary of Events
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
2013 Conferences And Courses...
Industry News: Energy White Paper Welcomed By Santos But Mixed Feelings From APIA and DomGas
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
The eagerly awaited / Energy White Paper - Australia's Energy Transformation I document drew a mixed response from industry and lobby groups after being released by the Federal Government on 8 November....
Onlaps: In Praise Of Older Cycles – Part 3 of 3
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Rob Kirk, Rob Kirk Consultants
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
This article on geological cycles is the 3rd and last part of the cycle series - note that figure numbering continues on from the last article which appeared in PESA News Resources# 120. ...
Uncle Duster’s Opinion Repository: Uncle Duster’s Year in Review
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Well, it's been another bumper year for the Australian petroleum industry, and PESA News Resources, along with your old mate Uncle Duster, has been there every step of the way, bringing readers in-the-know coverage of industry, from company an...
Industry News: Hackers Posing a Threat to Industry
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Anonymous is a loosely associated hacktivist group. Hacktivism being the use of computers and computer networks as a means of protest to promote political ends. Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concept of many on...
View from the Top: Blind Date Provides Long and Satisfying Relationship
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
PESA News Resources recently met up with John Stanton: Managing Director, Energy, RPS Australia Asia Pacific, who has a 30+ year history in the petroleum exploration industry, to talk about his career. ...
Unconventionals: Black Swans Spread their Wings at AAPG
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) 2012- 13 President Ted Beaumont has had a long and active involvement with AAPG over the course of a prolific career in which, among other accolades, he was honoured with an AAPG Special Award i...
Industry News: Down Under GeoSolutions Appoints New COO
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Down Under GeoSolutions appointed Paul Crute as its new Chief Operations Officer in September.
Crute joins the company with a 25-year career in the resources sector, including senior executive and management roles in the resources and oil an...
Geothermal: AGEC 2012: The Heat is On for Australian Geothermal
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
The 2012 Australian Geothermal Energy Conference was dubbed 'unleashing the heat', and while overcast and cool conditions reigned at Sydney's scenic Coogee Beach, inside the beachside Crowne Plaza conference venue the hot topics in geothermal were ad...
Unconventionals: Moving Australian Coalbed Methane Reserves Into Production Through Reservoir Simulation
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Taha Taha, Roxar Software Solutions, Emerson Process Management
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
The Growth of CBM
Australia is a centre for Coal bed Methane (CBM) or Coal Seam Gas (CSG) with almost 40% of all global CBM reserves located in China, Australia, India and Indonesia. ...
Industry News: Buru Pens State Agreement for WA Domgas
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
Buru Energy's has struck a deal with the West Australian government to build a $500 MM Kimberley pipeline connecting to the domestic gas network in the Pilbara, an agreement representing a major boost to the company's shale gas aspirations from its C...
Words: Duh Vinci
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Peter Purcell
- Date Published: December 2012
Abstract:
A paper I edited recently for AAPG regularly used the wrong words. For example, High density sources have been interpreted as Miocene reefs, amplified by underlying Oligocene intrusives...
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. ...
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: 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. ...
Education: Could Hemp Support our Future Energy Demand?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
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: 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...
Diary of Events
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
2012-2013 Conferences And Courses...