PESA News
June/July 2008
EDITORS COMMENT
PRESIDENTS REPORT
BRANCH NEWS
Croquet Okay! PESA ACT Hits The Greens!
HMAS SYDNEY
Finding Sydney: The Final Battle
COMPANY FOCUS
MEO Australia: Making Methanol And LNG Work
AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Woodside Stays Strong
$7.5 Million Boost To Australia’s Groundwater Management
Empire’s Bite Of The Apple Isle To Be Drilled
WA To Host Tight Gas Workshop
Resources Law Expert Joins Kelly & Co. Lawyers
Back In The USSR: Petrosys And Fugro’s Soviet Assault
Santos Dodges Takeover Talk
BHP Ramps Up Petroleum Focus
Origin Snubs BG Offer
Majors Rush To Queensland Gas Projects
ABARE Disputes Peak Oil
NEW ZEALAND
Contact’s Commitment To Renewables Peaking
Tui Oil Field Reserves Estimates Raised
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Carnarvon Boosts Thailand Oil Reserves
PNG LNG Enters FEED
Beach Eyes Move On Tanzania
Wireless World First For Offshore Workers
Woodside Explores Korea
Oil Execs Tip Price To Drop, Investment To Increase
Ophir Funds Pan-African Drilling Programme
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Petratherm’s Spanish Inquisition Heats Up
Fourth Wind Farm For AGL At Hallet
Beach Eyes Move On Tanzania
First Geothermal Permit Issued In Queensland
OIL PRICE RISE
Oil Supply Predicted To Exceed Demand, Possible Price Correction – But Don’t Hold Your Breath
EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES
Exploration Opportunity In The Otway Basin, South Australia
OFFSHORE ACREAGE
2008 Release Of Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage
Offshore Permits Awarded
EDUCATION
The Teacher Earth Science Education Programme (TESEP) Announces “The Challenging Earth”
MARKET UPDATE
All Gassed Up – Australia’s Fuel Of The Future?
CARBON EMMISIONS DEBATE
Cutting Carbon Emissions – Some Implications
HUMOUR LINE
Even TV Cameras Can’t Excite Geologists
WORDS
Making A Hashi Of It
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