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Joint SPE-PESA Mentoring Program (South Australia)
Joint SPE-PESA Mentoring Program (South Australia) Call for Expressions of Interest for 2016 SPE SA Section and PESA SA/NT are initiating a Joint Mentoring Program to provide an opportunity for Young Professionals (YPs) to obtain local support in their career development from experienced professiona ... Read More »
YPP - Second Annual Petroleum Industry Trivia Night
Hi YPPs, Brace yourselves… it’s that time of year again! YPP are hosting The Second Annual Petroleum Industry Trivia Night on Thursday 19th May at the German Club, on Flinders St Find the smart people you’re friends with, get a table together and come along to compete for TRIVI ... Read More »
SPE SA @ STEM Middle School Conference
SPE SA @ STEM Middle School Conferenceby: Jessica Wrigley The SPE South Australian Section (SPE SA) attended and sponsored the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Middle School Conference 2015, held on November 27th last year. This event was a combined conference run by the ... Read More »
Technology bridges distance at the first SPE Asia Pacific Virtual Town Hall
Technology bridges distance at the first SPE Asia Pacific Virtual Town HallBy Helena Wu (Santos), SPE South Australian Section Chair With the aid of technology, our SPE leaders are overcoming the tyranny of distance to ensure they continue to engage members and the wider industry, during this perio ... Read More »
SPE SA Section congratulates 2015 SPE Prize Winner!
SPE SA Section congratulates 2015 SPE Prize Winner! By Helena Wu, SPE South Australian Section Chair The SPE South Australian Section congratulates Australian School of Petroleum (ASP) student John Babadimas, for being awarded the 2015 SPE Prize for the Best Honours Project Presentation by Petrole ... Read More »
SPE & ASP @ Ingenuity 2015
By Helena Wu, SPE South Australian Section Chair The SPE South Australian (SA) Section partnered up with the University of Adelaide’s Australian School of Petroleum (ASP) to participate in the University’s 2015 Ingenuity Expo last month. Held on Tuesday 27 October 2015 at the Adelaide ... Read More »
2015 South Australian SPE Scholarship Awards Presented
The South Australian SPE scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding students in the field of petroleum engineering. Applications are sought from students enrolled at University, including masters and post-graduate students. The recipients of this award for 2015 include; Christopher Chen, Ha ... Read More »
2015 SPE-PESA SA Annual Dinner steps back in time
This year’s SPE-PESA South Australian (SA) Annual Dinner, held on Saturday the 14th of November, transported guests not just back in time, but across the ocean to the West Egg and the private residence of Jay Gatsby. While the night’s host was characteristically absent, attendees were a ... Read More »
2016 APOGCE Call for Papers Open!
SA Section members and non-members are reminded that the Call for Papers for the 2016 SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE) is currently open until 4 December 2015. The conference will be held from 25-27 October 2016 in Perth, and themed ‘Catching The Next Wave &nd ... Read More »
October Joint SPE/PESA Technical Meeting Wrap
By Bonnie Lodwick (Santos), YPP/PESA Representative In October, the South Australian Branches/Sections of PESA and SPE joined forces to host Chevron Australia’s General Manager of Asset Development, Gerry Flaherty. Geoscientists and engineers gathered together to hear Flaherty’s presen ... Read More »
SPE Technical Visit (Petrolab)
On Tuesday 1 September, Petrolab hosted a technical site visit at their Magill facility exclusive to South Australian SPE members. The visit is part of a new initiative organised by the South Australian SPE Section, aiming to provide practical learning opportunities to members. Twelve South Austra ... Read More »
August Membership Benefit Highlight
Are you making the most of your SPE membership? The SPE South Australian Section Committee is highlighting a different member benefit at Technical Meetings each month, to increase awareness of the full value of SPE membership. For August, the member benefit highlighted is the SPE Bookstore Discoun ... Read More »