Houston-headquartered SAExploration Holdings has acquired Terrex Seismic, a leading Australian seismic contractor, a deal that returns to SAE to the Australian land market and gives Terrex deep global support to continue its four-decade tradition of innovation and quality in seismic exploration.
SAE said Terrex is recognised for its innovative approach to projects in challenging environments, as well as its deep expertise in land-based seismic operations.
A Summary of GSWA Stratigraphic drilling in sedimentary basins, Western Australia
The Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) routinely acquires new pre-competitive geoscience data to encourage exploration within Western Australia. Drilling in underexplored regions by this organisation aims to update stratigraphic and age relationships, and the prospectivity for many commodities. In Neoproterozoic–Phanerozoic sedimentary basins such drilling can reveal the existence of reservoir, seal and hydrocarbon source rocks, and can provide geothermal data to aid prospectivity assessments for petroleum (oil, hydrocarbon gas, helium, and hydrogen), coal, geothermal energy and CO2 sequestration.
Symposium Chair Melanie Fitzell and the Queensland branch committee delivered another successful one-day symposium on Monday 1st September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The conference opening address was delivered by the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Honourable Dale Last, who closed his speech with the words: “you drill, I sign”. This was followed by a Keynote address from Darren Moor, Executive Director Georesources from the same department, and a final Keynote from industry stalwart Rick Wilkinson of Energy Quest “Energy plan or just muddling through?”.
A technical session featuring CCS and geothermal followed morning tea, three top quality presentations from Nikki Accornero (Accornero Advisory), Rachel Kieft (Santos) and Ray Johnson and Heinz-Gerd Holl (Novus).
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Several heavy-hitting globals are collaborating to investigate the potential for CCUS hubs in Asia and Northern Australia. The consortium brings together BHP (bhp.com), which is leading the study, alongside steel giants ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) (amns.in), JSW Steel (jswsteel.in), and Hyundai Steel (hyundai-steel.com), as well as energy and infrastructure players Chevron (chevron.com) and Mitsui & Co. (mitsui.com).
by Karyna Rodriguez, Neil Hodgson & Lauren Found
Presented at the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (WA Branch) Lunch Series, June 2025
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As the energy exploration landscape evolves, so too does the thinking around the basins being investigated. Advancing seismic acquisition and processing technologies in the last decade have allowed for explorers to take a fresh look on frontier and previously discarded basins, with the shifts in thinking and interpretation yielding billions of barrels of results.
In this world tour, four deep-water basins are investigated, including the Papuan Basin of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Scotian Basin of Canada, the Namibian-South African Orange Basin and its Brazilian conjugate margin in the Pelotas Basin.
By Max Williamson
FCA PESA Distinguished Member
For and on behalf of the NSW Branch Executive Team
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Ltd
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PESA GAZETTE - BACKGROUND TO RESOLUTION ON RETIRED MEMBERS
Date: 26 May 2025 5.00pm
Place: AGM PESA - Rydges Hotel Southbank
The Motion:
The Annual renewal fee for members who have retired and are not working in a paid role or paid employment be reduced to the sum of $50 per annum starting from renewals after 31 December 2025.
Business:
Not to be outdone by WA Branch, SA/NT Branch held their Winter Warmer on 7 August at Prohibition Gin Distillery, in Adelaide’s CBD. Over 40 hearty souls braved the cold evening in the distillery’s tin shed to sample 3 different gins (Classic, Blood Orange & Field Blend Shiraz); cleansing ales were available for purchase as well. The proprietor provided detailed information on each of the gins (and ales) and gave us suggested drinking instructions. Unsurprisingly, most members did not require much of the latter. Pizzas a-plenty were provided to sop up the drink.
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CCUSNA Goes East ..
Three of us from the CCUSNA Committee packed our scarves (and light emotional baggage) and headed to Melbourne earlier this month for the Carbon Capture APAC Summit. We appeared on more than one panel (read: two) and did our best to champion the CCUS cause without tipping over into cringe.
Highlight of the event, at least for me, was Brett Woods, CEO of Beach Energy, who used a solid chunk of his time to praise Gorgon — a competing CCS project. He
We also have really exciting visitors coming to Perth during the coming months. On Thursday 2nd October Dr Brian Willis will be presenting an evening talk followed by a core workshop at Perth Core Library with Simon Lang and Tobi Payenberg. This trip is supported by Santos Ltd.
On the 6th and 7th November, we are delighted to be hosting Dr Henry Posamentier here in Perth. Henry is running a 2-day course entitled “Seismic Geomorphology and Seismic Stratigraphy: Fundamentals and Workflows”.