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SUMMARY:Joint PESA - SPE WA Evening Event: 14 May 2026
DESCRIPTION:Joint PESA and SPE Evening Event\nThursday 14 May 2026 (5pm-8pm)\n\n\nThe Bonaparte CCS Project – Mathieu Muller & Paul Froydenlund (INPEX)\nAs part of its Vision 2035\, INPEX is progressing carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives to support lower-carbon energy solutions. This presentation will provide an overview of INPEX’s global CCS strategy. It will also highlight the company’s efforts to decarbonise its upstream operations\, including proposed development of the Bonaparte CCS Project – an initiative aimed at providing safe\, permanent offshore CO₂ storage to support emissions reduction. \nThe Integration of Core and FMI Borehole Image Data in Understanding Reservoir Heterogeneity for CCS Studies: West Peron-1 and West Peron-2\, Bonaparte Basin – Fiona Burns (Task Fronterra)\nCore and FMI borehole image data from wells West Peron-1 and West Peron -2 provide a remarkable dataset for gaining insights into reservoir architecture and heterogeneity in the Jurassic to Cretaceous successions of the Bonaparte Basin. Such information is critical in the assessment of suitable sites for the long-term storage of CO2 in the Bonaparte Basin in terms of injectivity potential and movement of the CO2 plume (porosity\, permeability\, lateral and vertical heterogeneity). \nThis talk will focus on the Elang and Frigate formations\, which comprise exceptionally thick successions of deltaic and shallow marine sediments with highly complex depositional histories. The high-resolution FMI data\, calibrated with core\, provides precise information on lithofacies\, depositional environments and sediment-dispersal trends. The FMI data also assists in the interpretation of bedform architecture and channel-fill style. Integrated core and FMI data aids evaluation of the key controls on deposition i.e. river-\, wave & and storm\, – and tidal influences. This talk will summarise the evolution of both the Elang and Frigate formations\, highlighting the dominant controls on deposition of these formations. This approach also provides an invaluable framework in which small-scale features that can cause baffles/barriers to fluid flow can be assessed e.g. tidal clay drapes\, fluid-mud deposits\, types and degrees of bioturbation\, the presence of cemented layers and concretions. \n\nGeomechanical Modelling of Hydrogen Storage at the CO2CRC Otway International Test Centre – Ratih Puspitasari (SLB) with an introduction by Dr Eric Tenthorey (Geoscience Australia)\nAustralia’s emerging hydrogen economy depends on the ability to safely store large quantities of hydrogen underground. As part of the national Exploring for the Future program\, this study assesses the suitability of depleted gas fields for hydrogen storage\, using the CO2CRC Otway International Test Centre as a representative site. \nWith natural gas and CO₂ storage far more extensively characterised\, these systems provide essential reference points for understanding subsurface hydrogen storage behaviour. However\, hydrogen’s distinct density\, viscosity\, compressibility\, and thermal properties mean that established injection and storage practices from these gases cannot be assumed to apply directly. To investigate these differences\, this study presents the first like‑for‑like comparison of hydrogen\, methane\, and carbon dioxide behaviour under identical reservoir conditions. A fully coupled reservoir–geomechanics–thermal model was developed for this purpose\, incorporating high‑resolution wellbore grids to quantify pressure\, temperature\, and stress evolution. \nResults show that hydrogen injection generates significantly lower thermal perturbations than methane or CO₂\, reducing the likelihood of thermally induced fault reactivation and wellbore fracturing. Simulations also demonstrate that moderated injection rates further minimise thermal and pressure impacts\, providing additional operational safeguards. The study underscores the importance of integrating flow modelling with geomechanical risk assessment and highlights how dynamic injection control strategies can enhance the safety and efficiency of future hydrogen storage projects. \n\n  \n\nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $65.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $75.00 \nCCUSNA Members (Early Bird): $65.00 \nCCUSNA Members (Non-Early Bird): $75.00 \nNon-Member: $90.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Wednesday 6 May at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 11am Monday 11 May.  No further tickets will be allocated after this time.   \nPlease note that this event will be held on Thursday 14 May at Parmelia Hilton (14 Mill Street\, Perth) and will include food and drinks. \nHosted with thanks to our Platinum Sponsor: \n \nand Gold Sponsor: \n \nand Silver Sponsors: \n \n \n \nand Bronze Sponsor: \n \n\n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/joint-pesa-spe-wa-evening-event-may-2026/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Evening Event,Industry,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20251016T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20251016T140000
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SUMMARY:PESA WA October Technical Lunch: Fault timing and depocentre development in the northern Perth Basin
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science: \n \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft\, Qeye and Task Fronterra Geoscience: \n                       \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 16th October.\nFault timing and depocentre development in the northern Perth Basin\nPresented by Chris Watts (School of Earth and Planetary Sciences\, Curtin University)\n\nDespite extended periods of exploration in the Perth Basin spanning decades\, the timing of fault activity\, and shifts in depocentre development remain unclear\, especially for intra-basinal faults. Multiple phases of rifting with variable extension directions during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic resulted in a series of predominantly NNW–SSE trending graben and half-graben extending from the Southern Carnarvon Basin in the north\, through the Perth Basin in the south. Two regions of greater structural complexity are indicated by gravity and magnetic data along the margin\, one of which occurs within the northern Perth Basin and the other between sub-basins of the Southern Carnarvon Basin. Recently acquired seismic surveys that better image the pre-Mesozoic stratigraphy in the northern Perth Basin\, paired with legacy seismic and well data have allowed the investigation of fault timing and show a progressive southward shift in fault activity and depocentre location from the late Carboniferous through to the Early Cretaceous\, and that some faults\, despite having different similar orientations\, initiate at different times. Of particular importance is a change in extension direction in the late Triassic and early Jurassic that allowed the development of E-W trending faults. \nTicket Prices:\nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired or Hardship]: $59.00 \nStudent Member: $10.00 \nGraduate Member: $20.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird\, Concession\, Student and Graduate Member pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-june-technical-lunch-fault-timing-and-depocentre-development-in-the-northern-perth-basin/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250814T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250814T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
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SUMMARY:PESA WA August Technical Evening: Two Talks - Back water effects on Fluvial reservoirs and Neoichnology of the De Grey ephemeral river delta
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science: \n \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft\, Qeye\, Totum Compliance\, Core Laboratories and Task Fronterra Geoscience: \n                       \n       \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical evening on Thursday 14th August.\nQuantifying the backwater effect on Fluvial reservoirs\nPresented by John Holbrook (Dept. of Geological Sciences\, Texas Christian University)\n\nThe backwater effect is an emerging tool for predicting reservoir volumes and heterogenicity in fluvial systems.  It scales channel-belt width\, tidal impact\, and bar development to the channel size and the distance from the coast\, two measurable parameters.  The backwater effect (i.e. adjustments in open-channel flow as a response to proximity of standing water) is used to predict down-dip changes in morphodynamics and consequent sediment distribution on fluvial systems. However\, there is currently no standardized method to obtain input parameters to estimate backwater length\, nor where to measure these variables\, for both modern and ancient settings. This study reviews existing methods for estimating backwater lengths in both settings and proposes workflows to minimize ambiguity in the results. The proposed workflows are prioritized based on practicality\, accuracy\, and smallest uncertainty ranges and allow different data types as input parameters. For the first time\, applying multiple methods to obtain backwater length estimates is tested\, both on a modern and ancient river system. In the modern case study\, the riverbed intersection with sea level matches previously documented major changes in sedimentary trends. However\, backwater lengths based on h/S (h = bankfull thalweg channel depth\, S = slope) plot downstream of this zone which is characterized by major changes\, when input parameters are derived from discharge and grain size. Therefore\, we recommend obtaining bankfull thalweg channel depth from a cross-sectional profile if backwater length is estimated based on h/S. In the ancient case study\, bankfull thalweg channel depth derived from fully preserved single-story channel fill and slope based on Shields’ empirical relation with grain size\, match changes in fluvial architectural style interpreted as a result of backwater effects. This review is a critical step forward in discussing and acknowledging the uncertainties and ambiguity in obtaining the necessary input parameters to estimate and compare modern and stratigraphic backwater lengths. The proposed workflows facilitate comparability and applicability of future backwater length estimates and subsequent interpretations of the hydrodynamic environment and resulting stratigraphic record. Potential scaling relationships between the backwater length\, sedimentary trends\, and avulsion nodes make this of key importance as the latter two also play a crucial role in devastating floods when rivers change course. \nNeoichnology of the De Grey Ephemeral River Delta\, Northwest Coast\, WA: Proxies for Environments\, Physicochemical Conditions\, and Climate in Deep Time\nPresented by Steve Hasiotis (Dept. of Geology\, The University of Kansas)\nThe neoichnology of the alluvial plain\, delta plain\, and proximal delta front settings of the dryland\, ephemeral De Grey River and its wave-dominated delta clearly show diagnostic patterns of plant and animal traces (and diversity)\, lithofacies\, soils\, groundwater profiles\, and salinities controlled by the climatic setting. The climate is hot arid (Köppen BWh)\, with annual rainfall falling between December and June of 311.5 mm (avg) but is subject to large variations because of erratic cyclones. The river typically flows only after seasonal rainfall events generated by tropical\, monsoonal cyclones or winter storms. These highly variable events are also associated with significant storm-wave reworking of the proximal delta front and lower delta plain. This research is timely because Cyclone Zelia\, strengthening to category 5 but making landfall as a category 4 at De Grey\, will provide a glimpse into how a dryland river–delta system and its physicochemical characters are impacted by major storms. \nPrior to Zelia\, alluvial plain channels are mostly devoid of water and water holes have fresh (<0.5 ppt) to lower oligohaline (< 2 ppt) salinities; mole cricket traces are abundant along the margins of these waterbodies\, with some vegetation along the margins and at various positions in the channels proper. The alluvial plain itself contains plant roots\, termite and ant nests\, goanna and smaller reptile and mammal burrows. The delta plain contains traces produced by terrestrial and marine fauna; plants and terrestrial fauna dominate overbank deposits\, whereas marine invertebrate and vertebrate fauna dominate the distributary channels\, varying from upper oligohaline (4–5 ppt) to hypersaline (50 ppt) in salinity. Supratidal areas contain mangroves and are dominated by a variety of crab\, polychaete\, and other vermiform animal burrow\, which increase in diversity to the intertidal areas and have the highest salinities. Intertidal settings are dominated by tidal processes and bedforms with a variety of crab\, clam\, gastropod\, polychaete\, and vermiform animal burrows in hypersaline conditions. \nThis research is important because trace fossils and paleosols of ancient fluvial–deltaic deposits can help distinguish between these systems deposited under drylands (ephemeral) vs. seasonal (intermittent) vs tropical (perennial) climate settings based on modern analogs. For example. most often the trace fossil-lithofacies-pedofacies associations preserved in core are very useful to improve interpretations of the degree of lateral and vertical continuity of paleoenvironments – continental vs transitional vs marine – that are used to interpret reservoir geometry and continuity. \nTicket Prices:\nMember: $35.00 \nConcession Member [Retired or Hardship]: $30.00 \nGraduate Member: $20.00 \nStudent Member: $10.00 \nNon-Member: $50.00 \nConcession\, Student and Graduate Member pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-august-technical-evening-2025/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250619T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250619T140000
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SUMMARY:PESA WA June Technical Lunch: The Renaissance Tour: A revival of frontier basins with data-driven exploration
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science: \n \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft\, Qeye and Task Fronterra Geoscience: \n                       \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 19th June.\nThe Renaissance Tour: A revival of frontier basins with data-driven exploration\nPresented by Lauren Found (Searcher)\n\nAs the energy exploration landscape shifts and evolves\, so too does the thinking around the basins we investigate. Advancing seismic technology in the last decade has allowed for a fresh perspective on frontier and previously discarded basins\, with the shifts in thinking yielding billions of barrels of results. \nIn this world tour of frontier basins\, crustal architecture\, source rock presence and reservoir fairways are explored with direct observations from modern\, long-offset seismic data. The deepwater Gulf of Papua had its crustal model challenged and reinterpreted thanks to long-offset 2D seismic acquisition\, allowing for the imaging of large-scale crustal structures. Beneath the salt of the Scotian Basin\, reservoir fairways are imaged in detail and de-risked thanks to Wide Azimuth Seismic Acquisition\, and further south to the conjugate Orange-Pelotas Basins\, high-resolution 3D and Ultrafar AVO analysis reveals a world-class source rock\, observable and mappable on both sides of the margin\, despite being proven only on one side to date. \nTicket Prices:\nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired or Hardship]: $59.00 \nStudent Member: $10.00 \nGraduate Member: $20.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird\, Concession\, Student and Graduate Member pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/data-driven-exploration-technical-lunch/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250515T164500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250515T200000
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SUMMARY:Joint PESA - SPE WA Evening Event May 2025:  CCS projects and insights from across Australia
DESCRIPTION:PESA – SPE WA invites you to Joint Evening Event.\n\nCCS projects and insights from across Australia: Thursday 15th May 2025\n\nGorgon Carbon Capture and Storage – Insights and Lessons Learned\nRobert Root (Chevron Australia) will provide an overview of Gorgon CCS including performance to date\, system optimization\, and key lessons for other CCS projects. The Gorgon Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant is supplied by gas from two foundation fields: Jansz which has low reservoir CO2\, and Gorgon which is relatively high in reservoir CO2 (~14%). The design of Gorgon Project included systems to extract CO2 from the reservoir gas stream feeding the LNG plant and inject it into the Dupuy Formation below Barrow Island (BWI) for permanent storage. Since 2019 CO2 has been injected into the Dupuy at globally significant rates with over 10 million tonnes injected\, however the system has been limited by the capacity to manage reservoir pressure through producing water from the Dupuy Formation and injection into the overlying Barrow Group. Activities are currently underway to increase pressure management capacity including side-tracking and re-completing existing wells\, drilling additional wells\, and installation of surface filtration facilities. \nCO₂mpartmentalising Climate Change: Perth Basin’s Role\nJulia Cass (DEMIRS) will discuss reservoir quality controls in the Perth Basin that have been evaluated to rank carbon storage targets for a CO₂ Storage Atlas being prepared by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. The key attributes for the most prospective targets include thick intervals with high net-to-gross passing cut-off criteria of shale volume below 30% and porosity greater than 10% at depths suitable for supercritical CO₂ storage. Reservoir heterogeneity is preferred as it permits greater lateral plume migration by enhancing residual gas trapping thereby boosting storage efficiency. These attributes alongside seal effectiveness determine the most suitable storage intervals. \nThe Cattamarra Coal Measures emerged as the highest-ranked storage interval of the evaluated targets. It is characterised by thick\, high net-to-gross sections with coarse-grained channel sands providing excellent injection potential. Burial and temperature control diagenesis which naturally degrades porosity and permeability with depth ultimately defining the lower limit of intervals prospective for storage. A combination of temperature modelling\, petrophysical analysis and depth mapping has been utilized to delineate the Cattamarra Coal Measures reservoir target and assess the overlying regional seal of the Cadda Formation. \n\nGlobal CCUS overview: Pivotal progress and persistent challenges\nAnne Forbes (Wood Mackensie) will discuss the highs and lows in the CCUS space across 2024. The 48 Mtpa of sanctioned project capacity was much lower than expected\, although new project capacity announcements remained at a healthy rate. Asia Pacific led in licencing\, with 90% of new awards occurring in APAC. And in Australia\, Moomba CCS\, the world’s lowest cost CCS project to date\, commenced operation. \nLooking forward\, we expect a record number of FIDs\, industry first start-ups\, and the first commercial scale CO2 ship to set sail in 2025. But at a global level we expect the rate of licensing to slow as existing work commitments are actioned. \n\nTickets on sale shortly: \n\nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $40.00 \nNon-Member (Early Bird): $60.00 \nMember: $50.00 \nNon-Member: $70.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n  \nHosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft\, Qeye and Task Fronterra: \n                      \n\n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/joint-pesa-spe-wa-evening-event-may-2025-ccs-projects-and-insights-from-across-australia/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250417T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250417T140000
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SUMMARY:PESA WA April Technical Lunch: What you should know about borehole images but were afraid to ask…. Forty years of hard-won lessons
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science: \n \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft\, Qeye and Task Fronterra Geoscience: \n                       \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 17th April.\nWhat you should know about borehole images but were afraid to ask…..  Forty years of hard-won lessons\nPresented by Lawrence Bourke (Task Fronterra Geoscience)\n\nBorehole images (BHI) have been around commercially\, for around 40 years now.  The real breakthrough was led by SLB using micro-resistivity on wireline providing cm scale\, high resolution images capable of supporting detailed sedimentological and fracture characterisation to compliment structural analysis.  A whole new field of study\, complimentary to core and seismic data was born! \nIn the early 1990s two things began in earnest:  The development of LWD tools (which would take 20 years to catch up with wireline usability) and the widespread use of Oil Based muds which were a serious setback to BHI interpretability and application\, that would take nearly 20 years to resolve with electronics innovation. \nToday\, there is a bewildering array of image tools: micro resistivity\, sonic\, density\, induction\, capacitance\, electromagnetics\, passive nuclear etc.  All the acquisition companies have their “me too” LWD and wireline offerings\, and also rebrand from time to time!.  But they are not all the same\, in terms of resolution\, bedding definition\, accuracy and application.  But the sales engineers won’t really help you decide! \nFortunately\, we have done that hard work of comparison\, applicability\, and reliability.  Based on detailed commercial studies across the globe over the last 40 years\, the conclusions are presented in a clear and concise manner for the casual BHI user. \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired or Hardship]: $59.00 \nStudent Member: $10.00 \nGraduate Member: $20.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird\, Concession\, Student and Graduate Member pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-april-technical-lunch-borehole-images-hard-won-lessons/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250305
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SUMMARY:PESA WA - 1D Basin Modelling Training Course
DESCRIPTION:PESA WA – 1D Basin Modelling Training Course\nLed by Lukasz Krawczynski (top down PSA) \nThe course covers the fundamentals of burial\, thermal\, pressure and source rock calibration applicable to practical 1D basin modelling with a strong emphasis on developing probabilistic assessments to overcome the uncertainties of the input data. The course is intended for junior and senior geoscientists with no or limited experience in basin modelling\, working on petroleum\, CCS or geothermal related projects. \n\nCourse outline: \n\n1.                  Introduction and Concepts of 1D modelling​ \n\nOverview of the fundamentals of burial\, thermal and source rock calibration modelling​ \n\n\n​2.                  Burial History ​ \n\n\nFundamental and advanced concepts of burial history modelling with a focus on calibrating missing sections at unconformities​ \n\n\n3.                  Thermal Modelling​ \n\n\nHeat transfer processes and boundary conditions \n\n\n4.                  Source Rocks​ \n\n\nIntegration of source rock properties\, kinetics and maturities into 1D models​ \n\n\n5.                  Faulting\, Overpressure\, Intrusives​ \n\n\n1D modelling of complex geological settings​ \n\n\n6.                  Trinity Thermal Calibration​ \n\n\nThermal calibration of Genesis 1D models into Trinity 2D/3D models \n\n  \nPrices: \nMembers:                     $900 \nStudents:                       $500 \nNon-Members:             $1100 \nTickets close the Thursday prior at 5pm. \nNote: In order to confirm instructor travel and course venue bookings\, registration is required by COB 30th April. \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-1d-basin-modelling-training-course/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Excursion,Industry,WA
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250220T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20250220T140000
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SUMMARY:PESA WA February Technical Lunch: Natural Hydrogen in Western Australia
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n                                              \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft and Qeye: \n              \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 20th February.\nNatural Hydrogen in Western Australia\nPresented by Leon Normore (Geological Survey of Western Australia)\n\nThe nascent field of natural hydrogen investigations is expanding rapidly worldwide. Recent studies in Australia have documented hydrogen in natural gas samples in both sedimentary basins and cratonic settings. Study of open file data at the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) focused on historical occurrences of hydrogen primarily within the onshore sedimentary basins. Petroleum wells were the primary data source\, but natural hydrogen has also been detected in mineral exploration drillholes\, shallow gas seep drilling and water bores in Western Australia. The GSWA has investigated soil gas spot sampling and continuous soil gas measurements for natural hydrogen in the Canning and Perth Basins. Additional studies include the use of Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy (FIS) from well cuttings and core demonstrating anomalous zones of both hydrogen and helium in petroleum wells. \nLegislation for exploration of natural hydrogen in Western Australia was passed in May 2024 by adding hydrogen as a prescribed regulated substance to the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2024. Supporting regulations for natural hydrogen exploration are currently being developed in conjunction with the transport and storage of greenhouse gas regulations. \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired or Hardship]: $59.00 \nStudent Member: $10.00 \nGraduate Member: $20.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird\, Concession\, Student and Graduate Member pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-february-technical-lunch-natural-hydrogen-in-western-australia/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20241017T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20241017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240916T050324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241013T093640Z
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SUMMARY:PESA WA October Technical Lunch: A New Play is Being Proven in Queensland's Taroom Trough
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n                                              \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft and Qeye: \n              \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 17th October.\nA New Play is Being Proven in Queensland’s Taroom Trough\nPresented by Neil Young (Elixir Energy)\n\nElixir Energy’s Grandis Project has recently significantly contributed to the multi-operator play opening operations in the Taroom Trough – an exceptionally well located unconventional gas play with the potential to supply material volumes of gas to East Coast and international gas markets.  Elixir’s CEO\, Neil Young\, will provide the latest update on what Elixir has achieved to date. \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired or Hardship]: $59.00 \nStudent Member: $10.00 \nGraduate Member: $20.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-october-technical-lunch-a-new-play-taroom-trough/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240815T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240815T140000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240722T011756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T075022Z
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SUMMARY:PESA WA August Technical Lunch:  2023 Australian Exploration and Appraisal
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n                                              \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft and Qeye: \n              \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 15th August.\n2023 Australian Exploration and Appraisal Year in Review\nPresented by Adam Craig (RISC)\n\nThis presentation attempts to be a concise summary of petroleum exploration and appraisal activity in Australia for 2023. Exploration trends\, acreage releases\, bids and awards\, seismic acquisition\, drilling activity and transactions. \nPetroleum exploration expenditure in 2023 increased modestly over that of 2022. But remains well below expenditure highs of a decade ago\, which was dominated by offshore activity. Exploration expenditure\, and activity\, is now dominant in onshore state jurisdictions. This has been the case since 2019 and will continue with no Federal offshore petroleum exploration acreage release rounds or exploration permit awards in 2023. Exploration expenditure (and activity) appears to be de-linked from increases in commodity prices which have typically been exploration stimuli in the past. This suggests that other factors including access to acreage\, regulatory burden\, legal challenge\, social and environmental\, are at play. \n  \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired\, Graduate or Hardship] (Early Bird): $59.00 \nStudent Member (Early Bird): $39.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-august-technical-lunch-2023-australian-exploration-and-appraisal/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240718T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240718T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240515T034514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T052843Z
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SUMMARY:Joint PESA - SPE WA Evening Event July 2024:  Geothermal Energy and CCUS in Australia
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n       \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft and Qeye: \n             \nPESA – SPE WA invites you to Joint Evening Event.\nGeothermal Energy: A pragmatic consideration of how to commercialize Australia’s misunderstood resource \nPresented by Trey Meckel (Monteverde Energy) \n\nGeothermal energy is a readily available\, reliable\, zero-emissions resource that provides numerous advantages in a balanced energy portfolio\, as well as societal and environmental benefits\, that can help Australia meet its commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050. \nRenewable energy projects are central to achieving Australia’s decarbonization objectives: electricity is the largest source of emissions in Australia\, at ~33% of the national total. Recent trends have seen substantial decreases in power-related generation in the past decade; however\, existing and planned wind\, solar and battery storage projects are not capable of offsetting planned retirements of thermal power plants – especially when considering anticipated increases in electricity demand and baseload supply issues. Supply shortfalls and grid reliability issues represent serious risks to safe\, secure\, clean and affordable energy. \nGeothermal resources address these issues by providing flexible\, dispatchable\, baseload power that complements solar and wind projects by providing “always-on” power\, supplementing those significant\, but intermittent resources. Furthermore\, geothermal is highly scalable\, allowing fit-for-purpose power solutions\, including behind the meter provision\, “islanded” grids in remote areas\, and baseload or dispatchable supply to the grid in more populous areas. \nThis talk provides an overview of geothermal energy in an Australian context\, including next-generation technologies that have transformed the global industry over the past decade; the benefits and challenges that will shape the sector in the coming decades; and critical commercial\, regulatory\, ESG and other success factors that will drive geothermal energy as a significant component of Australia’s decarbonized future. \n\nAustralian CCUS in 2024 – project status\, policy and the future \nPresented by Rosie Johnstone (Geovault) \n\nCCS project maturation in Australia has seen highs and lows since it was first initiated 1999 with the GEODISC study. Changes in government support and market forces have seen periods of greater activity (notably 2008-2011 with state and Federal support for CCS to address coal emissions thorough the CCS Flagships program) through to the doldrums of the 2010’s with the removal of both CCS incentives (carbon tax and meaningful emission reduction schemes)  and wholesale government support through funding. \nThe 2020’s saw a change in public sentiment and the setting of corporate\, state and national Net Zero 2050 targets which supported a renewed interest in CCS in Australia\, this time linked to emission reduction from LNG gas processing\, hard to abate industries and the rise in third party CCS as a service hubs. \nIn this talk Rosie will give a look back on CCS in Australia\, give a view of the current status of projects and potential future trends. \n  \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $40.00 \nNon-Member (Early Bird): $60.00 \nMember: $50.00 \nNon-Member: $70.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-spe-july-evening-event-geothermal-energy-and-ccus-in-australia/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240627T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240627T140000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240604T013400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T051620Z
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SUMMARY:PESA WA June Technical Lunch:  Building a carbon dioxide storage portfolio for the Barrow-Dampier sub-basins through regional screening – an integrated geoscience approach
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n                                              \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft and Qeye: \n              \n\nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 27th June.\nBuilding a carbon dioxide storage portfolio for the Barrow-Dampier sub-basins through regional screening – an integrated geoscience approach\nPresented by David Barlass (SLB – Exploration Lead)\n\nAuthors: David Barlass* & Ruth Hamilton (SLB)\, Sabine Mehay & Adeline Parent (SLB Oilfield UK plc)\, Ivan Pei (SLB)\, Oliver Schenk (SLB Oilfield UK plc)\, Merrie-Ellen Gunning (Geoscience Australia)\, Adam Vonk (Chevron Australia) \nSafe geological carbon dioxide storage (GCS) requires rocks with suitable injectivity\, capacity and sealing properties to ensure secure long-term containment of injected CO2.  A regional understanding of the subsurface is essential to determine the potential for GCS of a basin and to select target sites. This is best addressed by integrating the basin’s tectono-stratigraphic evolution\, its gross depositional environment\, and its hydrodynamic\, thermal and stress regimes. \nA basin-scale GCS assessment for the Barrow-Dampier sub-basins was conducted by Geoscience Australia and SLB. The objective of the study is to high-grade geological intervals and sites for potential GCS and to understand potential storage capacity and key risk factors. Stratigraphic and structural mapping of key storage intervals was performed using the reprocessed seismic volume and well database associated with the project. Analysis of critically stressed faults was used to estimate the likelihood of reactivation based on the far-field regional stress field and fault mechanical properties. Pressure\, temperature\, porosity\, permeability\, and water geochemistry data has been screened for >500 wells for assessing the storage unit intervals and predicting the hydrodynamic regime. Calibrated 2D basin models provide information on the regional pressure-temperature regime\, porosity/permeability distribution\, and sealing effectiveness. Potentiometric surface maps for the aquifer systems inform the distribution of CO2 plume migration. Results of this integrated regional basin study are used to quantify the risk of identified storage containers and to map the chance of success for GCS at a regional scale. The project results are to be made publicly available in Mar 2024. \n  \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired\, Graduate or Hardship] (Early Bird): $59.00 \nStudent Member (Early Bird): $39.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-june-technical-lunch-building-a-carbon-dioxide-storage-portfolio-for-the-barrow-dampier-sub-basins/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240522T073000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240522T093000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240410T083725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T041850Z
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SUMMARY:PESA WA / AGC Geoscience Champions breakfast event
DESCRIPTION:Australian Geoscience Council Champions Breakfast:\nThe Australian Geoscience Council (AGC) is pursuing a Vision to raise the profile of Geoscience to be pre-eminent in Australia and to be recognised as one of the great fields of general science with Physics\, Chemistry and Biology. As part of this Vision\, the AGC has instigated an award for National Geoscience Champions that will be made on behalf of AGC’s eight member organisations who represent over 8 000 geoscientists around Australia. The award is modelled on the concept of a Hall Of Fame for geoscientists who are not otherwise recognised (yet) as National Living Treasures. This honour will be bestowed on very few Geoscientists and will recognise lifetime contributions to our science\, craft and art\, evidenced by technical\, leadership\, mentoring and collegial endeavours. \nAustralian Geoscience Council Inc. – National Geoscience Champions (agc.org.au) \n\nTo celebrate new recipients Peter Moore and Simon Lang becoming National Geoscience Champions\, a PESA WA / AGC Breakfast will be held on 22nd May 7:30am at the Hilton Hotel. \nPeter Moore: \nPeter has been a significant individual contributor to the understanding of the key sedimentary basins of Australia. Of particular note was his early promotion and application of what is now termed petroleum systems analysis to the Gippsland Basin. Although it’s now more than 30 years since this this work was first published\, it still remains a cornerstone study of the basin. \nHe has been involved in several initiatives to promote the Geosciences and Geoscience education in the wider community\, particularly in WA. He is passionate advocate of the importance of Geoscience to the Australian economy and way of life. \nHe has made a matchless contribution to the addition of known petroleum resources both onshore and offshore Australia. His individual contributions have improved the wider understanding of the subsurface and laid solid foundations for the success that followed. As a\ntechnical manager\, he has overseen projects around the world that have had a material impact on the companies he worked for. \nSimon Lang: \nSimon has made an immeasurable contribution to advancing Geoscience in Australia as an academic\, industry geologist or leading field courses for people at all levels of professional development. He willingly explains key geological concepts in terms that can be understood and with a sometimes mischievous sense of humour. He is ready to share his knowledge with anyone who asks and was an important part of the skills development programs at Woodside. He has published extensively and there is always something of importance in his papers. \nHe has made important contributions to the teaching and practice of Geoscience in the international arena\, and he is recognised as a leading Australian subject matter expert in sedimentology and stratigraphy. \nSimon has contributed to the development of Australia’s resources through his unparalleled knowledge of the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the key prospective basins. His ideas and geological models have been influenced successful exploration and appraisal programs\, while his critical review and encouragement of the work of others has had a significant impact. \nSimon will provide a technical talk at the breakfast: \n“The value of geological analogues for surface characterization for the energy transition”  \n  \nTicket Prices: \nAGC and PESA Members  (Early Bird): $50.00 \nNon-Member (Early Bird): $55.00 \nStudent Member : $25.00 \nAGC and PESA Members (Non-Early Bird): $55.00 \nNon-Member: $65.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Tuesday 30th April at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Monday 20th May (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/agc-geoscience-champions-breakfast/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240418T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240418T140000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240318T092038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T050742Z
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SUMMARY:PESA WA April Technical Lunch:  From Liability to Asset - The Role of Mature Wells in Carbon Capture and Storage and the REX-CO2 well screening tool
DESCRIPTION:Hosted with thanks to our Platinum sponsor SLB: \n  \n \nGold Sponsors IKON Science and DUG: \n       \n  \nand Silver Sponsors Delft and Qeye: \n             \nPESA WA invites you to our technical luncheon on Thursday 18th April.\nFrom Liability to Asset: The Role of Mature Wells in Carbon Capture and Storage and the REX-CO2 well screening tool \nPresented by Siddiq Mahyildin (IKON Science – Technical Sales Geoscientist) \n\nThe UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) boasts significant CO₂ storage potential\, which is important in the context of the UK’s commitment towards Net Zero emissions targets. Since many of the basins in the UKCS are regarded as mature there is now an increasing emphasis towards plug and abandonment rather than further exploration. In this webinar\, we will explore the opportunity that exists to re-purpose near end-of-life wells and fields for use in CO₂ storage operations. Re-use as an alternative to plugging and abandonment could potentially result in significant cost savings. \nIkon Science completed the presented work with BGS for the Re-Using Existing wells for CO₂ storage operations project (REX-CO₂)\, which is an R&D initiative funded through Accelerating CCS Technologies (ACT) programme. The project aims to evaluate potential for re-purposing existing oil and gas wells that penetrate prospective CO₂ storage reservoirs. A screening methodology and software tool has been developed\, and is applied to two UKCS case studies; a depleted gas field and a saline aquifer structure. Determinations of subsurface pore pressure\, fracture pressure and seal capacity are integral to the analysis. The procedure for acquisition of regional data\, determination of production and depletion impacts\, and estimation of seal capacity are considered along with considerations for partial well abandonment. Some challenges for re-use assessments of wells on the UKCS will also be highlighted. Special thanks to John Williams (British Geological Survey). \n  \nTicket Prices: \nMember (Early Bird): $69.00 \nConcession Member [Retired\, Graduate or Hardship] (Early Bird): $59.00 \nStudent Member (Early Bird): $39.00 \nNon-Member: $99.00 \nMember (Non-Early Bird): $79.00 \nEarly bird pricing ends Thursday (1 week prior) at 5pm (AWST). All ticket sales close at 5pm Tuesday (2 days prior). \n 
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-april-technical-lunch-role-of-mature-wells-in-ccs-and-rex-co2-well-screening-tool/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Industry,Technical Lunch,WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="PESA Western Australia":MAILTO:wa-secretary@pesa.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240212T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20240212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260605T110453
CREATED:20240130T125935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T024443Z
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SUMMARY:PESA WA Host for Phil Ringrose SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course on Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers
DESCRIPTION:PESA WA Host for Phil Ringrose SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course on Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers\nMonday 12th February\, 2024 @9am to 5pm (Perth/Australia Time) \nCost: $575 USD\n  \nPESA WA will be hosting the SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) on “Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers – Building Confidence by Forecasting and Monitoring” presented by Phil Ringrose. This one-day short course will be held in Perth on Monday\, February 12th\, 2024 (at Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street). \nAll those interested in understanding the state of play in saline aquifer CO2 storage technology will benefit from this course. The primary target audience is multi-disciplinary subsurface teams\, and the content covers relevant aspects of geoscience\, geophysics\, and reservoir engineering. \nPESA members can register for the course through the SEG Website and use a coupon code to obtain the special SEG course rate of $575 USD (see info below).   \nRegister at the SEG DISC site page for Perth.\nUse PESA Coupon Code: ASEGPESAMEMBER\nCategories: PESA WA – SHORT COURSE\n\n\n\nCourse Description\nInterest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) is growing rapidly as a crucial part of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. To support this growth in capture technology\, we need an acceleration in new CO2 storage project developments. In this course\, we review the science and technology underpinning CO2 storage in deep saline aquifer formations using insights from several industrial-scale projects. We analyze the main factors that limit storage capacity — constraints governed by flow dynamics\, injectivity\, pressure development\, and geomechanics. Then\, this physical basis provides a framework for determining how to optimize monitoring methods. Using the latest portfolio of geophysical methods for smart and cost-effective monitoring at the surface and downhole (including conventional seismic acquisition\, passive seismic listening\, and fibre-optic sensing)\, we discuss how short- and long-term storage assurance can be demonstrated with high levels of confidence. \nNext\, we address the question of what is needed to achieve climate-significant scales of CCS deployment. Although technically achievable\, the current socio-economic framing often makes storage project execution difficult in practice. By building technical confidence in project execution\, we may be able to ‘turn the dial’ and realize the gigatonne levels of storage needed over the coming decades. \nQuestions answered in this course:\n\nWhat are the main processes involved in the geologic storage of CO2?\nHow should we estimate CO2 storage capacity?\nWhat is the physical basis for estimates of storage efficiency?\nWhat are the constraints to storage? When does injectivity matter? Are pressure limits the main issue?\nWhat are the geomechanical limits? Should we expect significant levels of induced seismicity?\nHow can we optimize monitoring methods to make them smart and cost-effective?\nHow reliable is time-lapse seismic monitoring for detecting small CO2 volumes in the subsurface?\nHow can fibre-optic sensing (DAS) reduce the costs and footprints of monitoring schemes?\nHow can we apply advanced analysis (e.g.\, FWI) for monitoring using sparse acquisitions?\nHow can we assure long-term containment? What about leakage risks?\nAnd finally\, is the required global scale-up in CCS deployment achievable?\n\n\n\n\n\nGoals\nThe goal of this course is to review the main concepts involved in the engineered storage of CO2 in saline aquifer formations\, dispelling some common misunderstandings along the way. After explaining the main trapping mechanisms\, we critically assess methods for estimating storage capacity and evaluate the key constraints for achieving the storage volumes needed over the project’s timeframe. The course material has a strong focus on geophysical monitoring methods and data sets\, which are key to the stated objective of building confidence in the technology and assuring long-term storage integrity. \nWho Should Attend\nAll those interested in understanding the state of play in saline aquifer CO2 storage technology will benefit from this course. The primary target audience is multi-disciplinary subsurface teams\, and the content covers relevant aspects of geoscience\, geophysics\, and reservoir engineering. Managers\, team leaders\, and business developers also should find most of the material accessible. For subsurface specialists\, the focus is on learning across disciplines (e.g.\, how might flow analysis affect site selection choices or how ‘geological details’ impact the engineering assessment).  With a strong focus on advanced geophysical monitoring (especially time-lapse seismic)\, geophysicists will find the course helpful for designing and interpreting seismic monitoring data sets. This course does not require advanced mathematical knowledge\, although several governing equations are introduced and used. The main objective is to provide an intuitive understanding of the geoscience\, physics\, and geophysics of CO2 storage in saline aquifers. Familiarity with integrated 3D subsurface modelling and seismic interpretation tools will be an advantage but is not essential.
URL:https://pesa.com.au/events/pesa-wa-phil-ringrose-short-course-carbon-dioxide-storage-saline-aquifers/
LOCATION:Parmelia Hilton\, 14 Mill Street\, Perth\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Technical Talk,WA
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