PESA Distinguished Membership Award & PESA Meritorious Service Award
PESA Distinguished Service Award
The PESA Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recognises an outstanding long term commitment to the Society (including leadership and involvement in Committees), the profession and to the upstream industry. It is the highest honour bestowed on an individual member by the Society. A recipient of the DSA becomes a Distinguished Member of the society and has all the rights of an Active Member but shall not be required to pay any subscription.
Normally, not more than one Distinguished Service Award shall be made in a single year and that an individual can only receive the award once. Recipients of a DSA will receive a suitable inscribed certificate and medal.
PESA Meritorious Service Award
The PESA Meritorious Service Award (MSA) recognizes who voluntarily provide exceptional service to PESA at State or Federal level over a significant period of time.
Normally, not more than three Meritorious Service Awards shall be made in a single year and an individual can only receive the award once. Recipients of the MSA will receive a suitable inscribed certificate and medal.
State Branch Committees nominate candidates to the Federal Executive. Both awards will not be awarded more frequently than annually at a ceremony at the PESA AGM, held at the APPEA Conference. If in the opinion of the PESA Federal Executive suitably qualified candidates have not been nominated, consideration of the awards shall be deferred until the following year.
Recipients of these awards must be members of PESA.
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Past PESA Distinguished Members
| YEAR | NAME | STATE BRANCH |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Earl Abbott (deceased) | NSW |
| 1973 | Charles Martin (deceased) | SA |
| 1973 | Heli Wopfner (deceased) | SA |
| 1975 | Rees Withers (deceased) | VIC |
| 1976 | Ken Horler (deceased) | NSW |
| 1980 | Murray Johnstone (deceased) | NSW |
| 1980 | Reg Sprigg (deceased) | SA |
| 1981 | Dave McDonald | QLD |
| 1986 | Dick Dumbrell | QLD |
| 1987 | Bevan Devine | SA |
| 1989 | Richard Paten | QLD |
| 1990 | Jaap Poll | WA |
| 1991 | Douglas Guest (deceased) | NSW |
| 1991 | El Horstman (deceased) | WA |
| 1993 | Ted Moorcroft (deceased) | SA |
| 1993 | Leo Stach (deceased) | VIC |
| 1993 | Eric Webb (deceased) | VIC |
| 1994 | Eric Rudd (deceased) | SA |
| 1995 | Bob Laws | SA |
| 1995 | Adrian Williams | WA |
| 1998 | Rodney Brown | QLD |
| 1998 | Peter Jamieson | NSW |
| 1999 | Bob Day | QLD |
| 2000 | Eve Howell | WA |
| 2000 | Andy Rigg | NSW |
| 2000 | David Gravestock (deceased) | SA |
| 2001 | Phil Playford (deceased) | WA |
| 2002 | Wal Muir | QLD |
| 2004 | Ian Grierson | NSW |
| 2013 | John Draper | QLD |
| 2014 | Barry Goldstein | SA |
| 2015 | Marita Bradshaw | ACT |
| 2017 | Sue Slater | QLD |
| 2017 | Max Williamson | NSW |
| 2017 | Gordon Wakelin-King | VIC/TAS |
| 2018 | Steve Mackie | SA/NT |
| 2020 | Phil Cooney | NSW |
Past PESA Meritorious Service Awards
| YEAR | NAME | STATE BRANCH |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Jim Durrant | WA |
| 1998 | James Prater | SA |
| 1998 | Deidre Brooks | VIC/TAS |
| 1998 | Gregory Thomas | NSW |
| 1999 | Mark Stevens | WA |
| 1999 | Naz Saunders | SA |
| 2000 | John Gorter | WA |
| 2000 | Andy Pietsch | SA |
| 2000 | John Humphrys | SA |
| 2001 | Rowley Butters | WA |
| 2001 | Elinor Alexander | SA |
| 2002 | Brian Logan | WA |
| 2002 | Robert Frears | SA |
| 2002 | Colin Glazebrook | VIC |
| 2003 | Peter Purcell | WA |
| 2003 | Robyn Purcell | WA |
| 2004 | Barry Goldstein | SA |
| 2004 | Peter Bailie | WA |
| 2005 | John Mebberson | NSW |
| 2014 | Bev Butters | WA |
| 2015 | Phil Cooney | NSW |
| 2015 | Barry Smith | NSW |
| 2015 | Bevan Warris | WA |
| 2016 | Ed Kopsen | WA |
| 2016 | Don Poynton | WA |
| 2016 | Steve Moss | WA |
| 2016 | Myra Keep | WA |
| 2018 | Wendy Rhonda | QLD |
| 2018 | Sandy Menpes | SA/NT |
| 2018 | Cedric Griffiths | WA |
| 2018 | Simon Brealey | SA/NT |
| 2018 | Alex Ross | SA/NT |
| 2019 | Tim O’Brien | Vic/Tas |
| 2020 | Helen Debenham | WA |
| 2020 | Mark Di Bacco | QLD |
| 2020 | Melanie Fitzell | QLD |
PESA Fellow Membership
This is open to active members who have 15 years or more petroleum industry experience who have, in the opinion of the Federal Executive, achieved prominence in the petroleum industry.
| YEAR | NAME | STATE BRANCH |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Barry Smith | NSW |
| 2019 | John Warburton | NSW |
| 2019 | Simon Smith | QLD |
PESA Federal Postgraduate Student Awards
| YEAR | NAME | UNIVERSITY |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Natalie Debenham | Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide |
| 2017 | Amy I’Anson | University of Sydney |
| 2018 | Partha Mandal | Curtin University |
| 2019 | Michael Curtis | Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide |