PESA Membership Awards

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.

Download the Conditions of Eligibility

Download the Nomination Form

Past PESA Distinguished Members

YEAR NAME STATE BRANCH
1972Earl Abbott (deceased)NSW
1973Charles Martin (deceased)SA
1973Heli Wopfner (deceased)SA
1975Rees Withers (deceased)VIC
1976Ken Horler (deceased)NSW
1980Murray Johnstone (deceased)NSW
1980Reg Sprigg (deceased)SA
1981Dave McDonaldQLD
1986Dick DumbrellQLD
1987Bevan DevineSA
1989Richard PatenQLD
1990Jaap PollWA
1991Douglas Guest (deceased)NSW
1991El Horstman (deceased)WA
1993Ted Moorcroft (deceased)SA
1993Leo Stach (deceased)VIC
1993Eric Webb (deceased)VIC
1994Eric Rudd (deceased)SA
1995Bob LawsSA
1995Adrian WilliamsWA
1998Rodney BrownQLD
1998Peter JamiesonNSW
1999Bob DayQLD
2000Eve HowellWA
2000Andy RiggNSW
2000David Gravestock (deceased)SA
2001Phil Playford (deceased)WA
2002Wal MuirQLD
2004Ian GriersonNSW
2013John DraperQLD
2014Barry GoldsteinSA
2015Marita BradshawACT
2017Sue SlaterQLD
2017Max WilliamsonNSW
2017Gordon Wakelin-KingVIC/TAS
2018Steve MackieSA/NT
2020Phil CooneyNSW

Past PESA Meritorious Service Awards

YEAR NAME STATE BRANCH
1998Jim DurrantWA
1998James PraterSA
1998Deidre BrooksVIC/TAS
1998Gregory ThomasNSW
1999Mark StevensWA
1999Naz SaundersSA
2000John GorterWA
2000Andy PietschSA
2000John HumphrysSA
2001Rowley ButtersWA
2001Elinor AlexanderSA
2002Brian LoganWA
2002Robert FrearsSA
2002Colin GlazebrookVIC
2003Peter PurcellWA
2003Robyn PurcellWA
2004Barry GoldsteinSA
2004Peter BailieWA
2005John MebbersonNSW
2014Bev ButtersWA
2015Phil CooneyNSW
2015Barry SmithNSW
2015Bevan WarrisWA
2016Ed KopsenWA
2016Don PoyntonWA
2016Steve MossWA
2016Myra KeepWA
2018Wendy RhondaQLD
2018Sandy MenpesSA/NT
2018Cedric GriffithsWA
2018Simon BrealeySA/NT
2018Alex RossSA/NT
2019Tim O’BrienVic/Tas
2020Helen DebenhamWA
2020Mark Di BaccoQLD
2020Melanie FitzellQLD

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
2018Barry SmithNSW
2019John WarburtonNSW
2019Simon SmithQLD

PESA Federal Postgraduate Student Awards

YEAR NAME UNIVERSITY
2016Natalie DebenhamAustralian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide
2017Amy I’AnsonUniversity of Sydney
2018Partha MandalCurtin University
2019Michael CurtisAustralian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide