Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Dick Dumbrell
Publication Issue: 57
Date Published: April 2002
Number of Pages: 2
Abstract:
The founder of the Professional Division of the Australian Petroleum Exploration Association (now PESA) was Earl Abbot. He conceived the idea in 1967 and, by the following year, the Division was in operation. Earl has been acknowledged for his efforts in bringing the overseas oil/gas explorers into the (previously) domestic-dominated membership of APEA, so achieving a more cohesive and influential lobby organisation. However, his foresight in formulating the Professional Division (now PESA) may well have been of greater importance.