Nominations for the 2022 Premier’s Awards in Energy and Mining, recognising and celebrating excellence in the sector through innovation and transformation, safety and well-being, environment, and community are open until 30 September.
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PGS Signs Multi-Year MultiClient Library Access Agreement with Shell
PGS and Shell have entered into a multi-year agreement for access to a significant part of PGS’ MultiClient Data Library.

Shearwater Wins 4D Seismic Processing Project Over Wheatstone Field
Shearwater has been awarded a large time-lapse seismic imaging project over the Wheatstone field by Chevron Australia under an existing master contract.

CCUS Solution For a Net-Zero Australia
Australia’s leading Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) research organisation CO2CRC has welcomed the Albanese government’s decision to award new greenhouse gas permits in WA and the NT, saying CCUS stands ready to drive Australia to a lower emissions future.

PESA WA Winter Warmer event -photo gallery
On Friday 12th August around 60 of the WA members gathered at the Celtic Club in West Perth for our annual Winter Warmer, a night of good natured socialising.
The event was kindly sponsored by Qeye
The raffle this year was in aid of the National Rock Garden in Canberra, which aims to raise awareness of the diversity of Rocks in Australia, and foster an interest in Geology from the public and hopefully translate into starting some young people towards a dream of Geology.

New low in Coal Drives Gas Price Highs, Record Australian LNG exports to North Asia
The east coast LNG blame game is on again fuelled by the latest ACCC Gas Inquiry report, EnergyQuest has observed in its monthly report for July.

Denmark Leads Race to Expand Hydrogen Pipeline Capacity
Denmark is expected to lead global length additions in pipeline capacity for hydrogen from 2022 to 2026, contributing around 35% of the global total during this period.

High-Impact Well Activity Set to Rebound This Year After 2021 Slump
Drilling of high-impact oil and gas prospects is set to rebound this year after a disappointing 2021, when success rates plunged towards record lows, Rystad Energy research shows.

Empire Elated with Exceptional Gas Flow Results at Carpentaria-2H
The Carpentaria-2H (C-2H) well has continued to deliver strong production flow rates with minimal declines for Empire Energy Group in the Betaloo sub-basin of the Northern Territory.
Empire Energy said extended production testing had continued at the well, located in its 100% owned and operated EP187 tenement, with gas flowing at an average rate of 2.6mmscf/day over the first 13 days and a normalised rate of 2.8mmscf/day per 1000m horizontal section.
The well had been shut-in for two days to replace the hydraulic stimulation wellhead with a flow testing wellhead and to monitor pressure build-up.

Shell Seeks Development Drilling at Crux for Backfill to Prelude
Shell Australia has submitted an environment plan to NOPSEMA for development drilling on the Crux natural gas field, off the coast of Western Australia.
