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PESA Gazette August 2026 Edition

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August 2026 Edition

Gold Hydrogen Announce Flow Test Success at Ramsay 1

Gold Hydrogen Limited has successfully completed appraisal flow testing at the Ramsay 1 exploration well in South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. As the first Helium production in Australia in 3 years, it comes at a time of global shortage.

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

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Tech Talk

Novel research approach to evaluate Helium prospectivity in basement–basin systems

Cecilia Loyola highlights a recent publication discussing Helium prospectivity of the Amadeus Basin.

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Society News

Vale Richard Beare

PESA are sad to announce that Richard Beare, a well known and much loved member of the Australian oil industry passed away suddenly in July.

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From Core to Concept: PESA’s Practical Geoscience Workshops with Boyan Vakarelov

In July, PESA brought a refreshing emphasis on practical geological interpretation to its technical program, hosting a series of workshops and lectures led by internationally recognised sedimentologist Dr Boyan Vakarelov, founder of SEDBASE.

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Your Voice Matters – Check your junk mail so you don’t miss the PESA member survey

This is your chance to have a say in how members' money is spent and how we run PESA. Don't miss out on your chance to have your opinion counted.

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Redundancy, and how to make it an opportunity

Redundancy is here to stay, and sooner or later it is likely that you find yourself in the situation where your position has become redundant.

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Vale Nigel Edwin Alexander Johnson (1936-2026)

In May this year members of the industry gathered with many others to pay tribute to Nigel Johnson, a colleague whose knowledge of the stratigraphy of WA’s Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary basins was encyclopedic.

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Industry News

Macallum New Energy Limited Announce recent progress

Macallum New Energy Announce progress on the North Perth Basin projects, with seismic processing results and a maiden prospective resoucre booking.

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Quarterly Updates Highlight Cooper Basin Activity

Activity levels remained high through the last quarter in the Cooper Basin, with some exciting results reported.

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Woodside targets first hydrogen from H2Perth Refueller

Woodside progress WA-based Hydrogen project.

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Constellation gets green light for Edmund–Collier gas exploration

Constellation Resources announce Special Prospecting Authorities in the Edmund-Collier Basin, WA.

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Tamboran Rig

Tamboran completes largest Beetaloo stimulation campaign

Tamboran announce successful completion of their stimulation activities across the Shenandoah South wells in the Beetaloo Basin.

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AEP 2027 – Call for Papers Now Open

Opportunity for PESA members to share their expertise with the industry with the 2027 AEP Conference and Exhibition call for papers now open.

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Santos Building Adelaide

Santos announces successful sale and lifting of first Barossa condensate cargo

Santos and PRISM Energy International Australia have jointly marketed, sold and loaded the first condensate cargo from the Barossa gas project, located approximately 285 km north of Darwin.

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NZ Awards First Exploration Acreage since ban reversal

New Zealand has awarded its first new offshore petroleum exploration permit since the 2018 ban reversal, granting Australian company EnZed Energy a 12-year permit in the Taranaki Basin to explore the Kaheru prospect, located east of the Kupe gas field.

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