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Unconventionals: Has the Industry and the NSW Government Struck a Balance?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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The NSW Strategic Regional Land Use Policy was released by the State Government on 11 September, which includes 27 new measures designed to provide greater protections for farmers and to better balance competing land uses....
Industry News: Peter Baillie Joins CGGVeritas
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Peter Baillie, previously with WA Department of Minerals & Energy, TGS Nopec and Geodata Ventures, has joined CGGVeritas as Senior Vice President, Business Development Advisor, Multi-client and New Ventures, based in Singapore...
Company Focus: LandCorp CEO Challenges the Oil and Gas Industry
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Western Australia's resources sector is key to the State developing infrastructure that will form the backbone to the long term economic and social development of Australia. Landcorp CEO, Ross Holt, believes that the various industry sectors, and the...
Industry News: Broome Locals Lockout Woodside Employees
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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Woodside employees were blocked temporarily from entering their offices due to protests in response to Woodside attempting to gain Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA) permissions to enter the sand dunes at James Price Point. ...
Unconventionals: Shale Gets Set to Soar in WA
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
The blueprint for convincing the public that the regulatory framework will protect the environment, water supplies and health, counteracting environmental apocalypse fears and successfully hitching on to the enterprising shale gas bandwagon has begun...
Industry News: AWT International Appoints David Kirk as CEO
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: October 2012
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AWT International (AWT) announced the appointment of David Kirk as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2012. Kirk will be based in the Perth head office and report directly to AWT's Board of Directors. ...
Company Focus: Troy’s Got it on Tap
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Tap Oil
- Date Published: October 2012
Abstract:
Since taking over the reins at Tap Oil nearly two years ago, CEO and Managing Director, Troy Hayden looks back at the path that has taken him there, and how it has shaped his future growth plans for the company. ...
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
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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...
Industry News: Encounter-1 Produces Shale Gas for Beach Energy
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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Beach Energy has produced shale gas from its Encounter-1 well in central Australia's Cooper Basin, which has tested at a combined rate of over 2,000 MMcf/day, the company said in July. ...
LNG: Japanese Firms Snap Up Aussie LNG
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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An agreement between Australia Pacific LNG Pty Limited and the Kansai Electric Power Company was inked recently, securing the supply of approximately 1 MM tonnes of LNG per year for the next 20 years to the Japanese market.
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Industry News: Do APPEA and the Sustainable Energy Association Want the Same Thing?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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APPEA and the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) want subsidy intervention to be more rigorously scrutinised and both are calling for a market-based system approach....
Onlaps: In Praise of Older Cycles – Part 1 of 3
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Rob Kirk (robkirkconsultants@bigpond.com)
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
In this group of articles I would like to discuss our geology and seismic within different 'orders' of cycles with the aim of possibly better predicting reservoir distribution....
Industry News: Pressure Rising on KLC
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
Controversy continues to swirl around the Browse LNG project in the Kimberley, in relation to a dispute between Woodside, WA's State Government and the Kimberley Land Council (KLC). ...
LNG: Australian Hat-trick for Aker Solutions’ Subsea Umbilicals
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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In July Aker Solutions signed a contract with McDermott, the main EPCI contractor for the Ichthys gas-condensate field development subsea umbilical, riser, flowline (SURF) project, for INPEX in Australia. The contract value is approximately NOK 440 m...
Industry News: Fugro Celebrates 50th Anniversary
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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2012 marks Fugro's 50th anniversary. During that time Fugro has expanded its services from solving foundation problems in the Netherlands to being involved in global developments in energy, transport water management and the exploration of natural re...
Women in Petroleum: Mother’s Pride: Ten Years On
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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Back in 2002, PESA News ran an article revealing how women - particularly mothers- in the industry were faring, juggling the work/life balance in a traditionally male-dominated sector.
Ten years on, we revisit some of those same women: Karen...
Industry News: Petroleum and Geothermal Open Day
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
The Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum (WA DMP) Petroleum and Geothermal Open Day will be held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle Thursday 6 September 2012 immediately after the Good Oil Conference. ...
LNG: MEG Reclamation Plant Deal Lined Up for lchthys
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
The Ichthys LNG behemoth plant has taken another step towards its goal of full operational activity by the fourth quarter of 2016....
Industry News: Disappointed AWE Points Finger at Origin as Costs Blow Out on BassGas Project
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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AWE Limited has made no secret of its disappointment following a progress update on the BassGas Mid Life Enhancement (MLE) project from the project's operator, Origin Energy Limited. ...
President’s Report: Around the Branches
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Gordon Wakelin-King
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
Community engagement is the order of the day: from giant gas hubs to one seismic line across a paddock we find ourselves having to justify our existence like never before.
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Industry News: ‘Positive Step’ to Develop Timor Sea Plays (b)
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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Santos has announced that it had entered into an agreement with ConocoPhillip and SK E&S (SK), an affiliate of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, to progress the development of the Caldita and Barossa gas discoveries located in the Timor Sea....
Diary of Events
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
2012-2013 Conferences And Courses...
Environment: Renewable Energy Becomes an Investor Safe Haven
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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"...we should be making Australia a more attractive place for renewable energy investments"
Renewable energy investments are now beginning to be perceived as safe and stable as conventional infrastructure asset clas...
Industry News: Clean Energy Plant Shows Strategic Foresight
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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A unique power facility that will turn gas, wind, solar and geothermal energy into electricity is set to be a major strategic factor in local energy industries supplying the maturing minerals industry in the area. ...
Recruitment Training and Migration – Stepping Up to the Challenge of Staffing the Nation’s Projects
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
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The world's largest dedicated oil and gas job board, oilcareers.com, has opened two offices in Australia in Brisbane and Perth. ...
Industry News: DownUnder Rides into Houston and London
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: August 2012
Abstract:
Down Under GeoSolutions is having a tremendously busy year, opening not one new international office, but two. The DownUnder GeoSolutions' Houston office is now open and London is being established in August. ...