PESA NEWS 64- JUNE/JULY 2003

EDITOR'S COMMENT

PRESIDENT'S PAGE

PEOPLE
• Petroleum Pioneer Passes Away
• Nugent Joins Origin Energy Board
• Goldstein Takes Reins As New President
• Travel Without Tattoos Was Clincher For Geological Future
• Fugro Appoints Two New Directors

ABSTRACTS OF TALKS

PEOPLE AT WORK

APPEA
• Investor Confidence Vital To Oil And Gas Future: APPEA
• APPEA Tells Juniors To Go Forth And Market Themselves
• Time Running Out For Future Energy Policy
• Field Trip To Western Victoria
• The Running Of The Bull At The 37th AOGT

BRANCH NEWS
• ACT
• WA
• SA

EDUCATION
• Mobil Reveals Wonders Of Science To Students
• 2003 PESA Post-Graduate Scholarship For Research In Geosciences
• Ben Ready For Varied Global Challenges

TECHNICAL FOCUS

NORTHERN TERRITORY FEATURE
• 'Sunrise Will Be Developed': NT Minister
• Exploration Potential Of The Timor Sea
• Exploration History Of The Timor Sea Area, Bonaparte Basin And Surrounds
• Timor Sea Treaty Ratified At Last
• ConocoPhillips CEO Inspects Darwin LNG Site

COMPANY FOCUS - LAKES OIL

INDUSTRY NEWS
• New $5 MM Perth Core Library Opened
• Government Releases 35 New Areas For Offshore Exploration
• WA To Push For Flow Through Share Scheme
• Oil And Gas Underpins WA Economic Growth
• New Power Stations For Remote WA Towns
• Queensland Government Backs CSM Gas Project
• Core Workshop
• Koreans Farm In To Whicher Range Gasfield
• BP Wants Bigger Slice Of NWS
• Magellan Increases Stake In Browse Basin Permits
• Woodside Looks To Cut Costs By $250 MM
• Consolidation Of Perth Basin Interests Begins
• Santos Plans To Boost Oil Production
• Petsec Awarded Third Gulf Of Mexico Lease

INTERNATIONAL
• Strong Opportunity For Chinese LNG Growth: ABARE
• Greenpeace Seeks GoM Seismic Data
• Investment Guru Buys Stake In Chinese Oil Giant
• SMT Establishes European Subsidiary

NEW ZEALAND
• 17 Taranaki Blocks Up For Grabs
• US/NZ Discuss Future Development Of Hydrogen Economy

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

ENVIRONMENT
• Rebate To Boost ACT Solar, Gas Heater Use
• Shell Opens World First Hydrogen Station
• Solar Systems To Power NT Desert Communities
• Green Mud To Cleanse Oil And Gas Environment

CONFERENCES & COURSES
• Sand Control And Management Forum
• PESA QLD Sydney Basin Field Trip
• WANTED: Presenters For Annual FESWA Seminar
• ASEG, In Collaboration With PESA NSW 17th International Conference And Exhibition
• PESA (Qld Branch) SYMPOSIUM

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