APPEA PROGRAM
SUNDAY, 18 APRIL
9.00am The Swan Valley Experience
Tour departs from the Duxton Hotel at 9.00am and returns you to the conference venue or your hotel at around 4.00pm.
12.00 noon Conference Registration - Terrace Foyer, Perth Concert Hall- 6.00 pm Delegates and partners can collect name tags, function tickets, satchels and journals before attending the Ice-Breaker function.
12.00 noon Picnic in Kings Park
2.00pm Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre, Australian Oil & Gas Industry Training Centre - Afternoon tour
Coaches will depart from the Duxton Hotel at 2.00pm and return participants to the conference venue or their hotels at approx. 4.30pm.
6.30pm Sails & Stars - Ice-Breaker Function
Delegates and partners staying in the city will be transported to the function by ferry. Ferries depart from Barrack Street Jetty at 6.00pm and 6.30pm. Local delegates meet at RPYC. Coaches provided to return participants to hotels in the city. Shuttle service between from 9.00 - 10.30pm. Dress: smart casual.
Sponsored by: Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Chevron Asiatic Limited, Christopher Beck Books, Coastal Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd, Fugro Survey Pty Ltd, Labrador Petro Management Pty Ltd, Magellan Petroleum Australia Ltd, Nippon Oil exploration Ltd, OGCI-Australia Pty Ltd, PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, Petroz NL, Robertson Research Australia Pty Ltd, Woodside Energy Ltd.
MONDAY 19 APRIL 1999
7.00am Presenters' Breakfast
The Ballroom - Duxton Hotel
An information function for presenters, session chairpersons and whips. Find out about conference facilities and presentation requirements (by invitation only).
7.30am Registration
4.45pm Terrace Foyer, Perth Concert Hall
8.00am Exhibition opens
Forecourt, Perth Concert Hall
Sponsored by: Texaco Australia Pty Ltd
PLENARY SESSION - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr Ken Fitzpatrick, Chairman, 1999 APPEA Conference Committee , Producing Manager, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
8.30am Opening Presentation
The Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Sponsored by: Shell Company of Australia Ltd
8.50am Official Opening & Keynote Address
The Hon Richard Court, Premier of Western Australia
9.20am Principal address
The Hon Warren Entsch, Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science & Resources
9.50am APPEA Chairman's address
Mr John Crum, Managing Director, Apache Energy Ltd
10.15am Medals presentation ceremony
Lewis G Weeks Gold Medal
Reg Sprigg Medal
10.30am Morning tea in the Exhibition Area, Forecourt - Perth Concert Hall
Sponsored by: Apache Energy Ltd
PLENARY SESSION (cont.) - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
11.00am Principal address
Dr Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Indonesian Minister for Mines & Energy, Indonesian representative to OPEC
11.30am Principal address
Mr Philip Aiken, Executive General Manager & Chief Executive Officer, BHP Petroleum Pty Ltd
12.00 noon Presentation of Safety Awards
Sponsored by: PricewaterhouseCoopers
12.15pm Lunch Break
Members' Lunch
The Ballroom, Duxton Hotel (by invitation only)
2.00pm Technical/Commercial Sessions 1A - 1C
1A - Federal Offshore Acreage Release - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr John Hartwell, Federal Department of Industry, Science & Resources
1B - Petroleum Exploration and National Development - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Ms Eve Howell, Apache Energy Ltd
The Australian search for petroleum: patterns of discovery - M. Bradshaw, C. Foster M Fellows & D Rowland, Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
Oil & Gas industry in Western Australia - M. Meaton, Economics Consulting Service
Oil & Gas: challenges and opportunities in Western Australia - Dr Jim Limerick, WA Department of Resources Development
1C - Drilling Fluids - Sir Thomas Wardle Room, Ground Floor, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairwoman: Dr Birgitta Hartung-Kagi, Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd
Western Australian Government decision-making criteria involved in the regulation of drilling fluids offshore - G. Cobby & R Craddock, WA Department of Mines & Energy
Drilling fluids and their environmental management: characterisation of base fluids and the introduction of quality control procedures - R. Papp, Woodside Energy Ltd and S. Fischer, Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd
Drilling fluids and their environmental management: the introduction of an esteroxygen-based fluid - R.. Papp, Woodside Energy Ltd and N West, Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd
The persistence and effects of non-water based drilling fluids on Australia's North West Shelf: progress findings from three seabed surveys - G. Oliver, Woodside Energy Ltd and S. Fisher, Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd
Sponsored by: Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd
3.15pm Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition Area
Sponsored by: Apache Energy Ltd
3.45pm Technical/Commercial Sessions - 2A-2C
2A - Onshore and State Waters Acreage Release - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairwoman: Ms Kathy Hill, Minerals & Petroleum Victoria
2B - Carnarvon and Canning Basins - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr T Wilson, Woodside Energy Limited
WA-271-P - integrated prospectivity evaluation
- S. Polomka, J. Bruins,G. Spanninga & J Mennie, Woodside Energy Ltd
Impact of 3D seismic on exploration and drilling success in the Dampier Sub-basin, WA - D. Kingsley & L. Tilbury, Woodside Energy Ltd
The structural development and petroleum potential of the Roebuck Basin - S Smith, Shell Development Australia Ltd and P Tingate, C Griffiths & J Hull, NCPGG
2C - Legal & Commerce - Sir Thomas WardleRoom, Ground Floor, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr B Fullarton, KPMG
Underground gas storage - legal and regulatory requirements in Australia - D. Howard, Clayton Utz
LNG exports - past, present and future - P. Dighton, Deacons Graham & James
The benefits of hindsight in Australian asset valuations - R. Williams, Resource Investment Strategy Consultants
Sponsored by: KPMG
5.00pm Happy Hour in the exhibition area - All welcome
Sponsored by: Coastal Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd
6.30pm Underwater World
Dinner and dancing at one of theWest's premier tourist attractions.
7.00pm JoJo's on the Swan
Enjoy dinner at a renowned Perth seafood restaurant. Coach pick-up from your hotel at 7.00pm, returning approx. 11.00pm. Dress: smart casual.
TUESDAY 20 APRIL 1999
8.00am Exhibition opens - Forecourt, Perth Concert Hall
Sponsored by: Texaco Australia Pty Ltd
8.30am - Registration - Terrace Foyer, Perth Concert Hall
4.45pm
PLENARY SESSION - Oil & Gas: Energy for Growth - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Dr Agu Kantsler, General Manager, New Ventures, Woodside Energy Ltd
9.00am Keynote Address
The Hon. Martyn Evans, MP, Federal Shadow Minister for Science & Resources
9.30am An Environmental Perspective on the Industry & Growth
Mr Don Henry, Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation
10.00am The Customer's View on the Industry & Growth
Mr Alan Gillespie, Deputy Chairman, Electricity Supply Association of Australia and Chief Executive Officer, AUSTA Energy Corporation Ltd
10.30am Morning Tea in the exhibition area
Sponsored by: Apache Energy Ltd
11.00am Technical/Commercial Sessions 3A - 3D
3A - Barrow Sub-Basin - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr Wal Muir, Petroz NL
Barrow Island Oil Field - G. Ellis, British Borneo Oil & Gas Ltd; A. Pitchford, West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd & R. Bruce, WA Department of Mines & Energy
Age determination of crude oils in the Barrow Sub-basin using palaeoclimate related variations in higher plant biomarkers - B. van Aarssen, T. Bastow, R. Alexander & R. Kagi, Curtin University
The use of fingerprinting to enhance reservoir development on Barrow Island - A. Pitchford, S. Teerman & P. Clarke, West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd
Sponsored by: Petroz NL
3B - Borehole Technology - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Dr John Kaldi, NCPGG
Stag Oilfield formation evaluation: a neural network approach - H. Crocker, Crocker Data Processing Pty Ltd and C. Fung & K. Wong, Curtin University &
Developments in pore pressure prediction using seismic-while-drilling technology - B. Evans, Curtin University
Advances in wireline data acquisition in synthetic based mud systems and strategies for improved formation evaluation - M. Walker. Baker Atlas Geoscience
3D - Aboriginal Heritage & Native Title - Ballroom, Ground Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr S Barrymore, Freehill Hollingdale & Page
The Mereenie lease negotiations within the Amadeus Basin: An historical perspective - R. Liddle, Kemara Field Services Pty Ltd
Native Title issues affecting petroleum exploration and production - M. Hunt, Hunt & Humphry
Aboriginal heritage as an environmental issue - T. Winters, Ecos Consulting (Aust) Pty Ltd
12.15pm Authors' Lunch - Sir Thomas Wardle Room, Ground Floor, Perth Concert Hall
(By invitation only)
2.00pm Technical/Commercial Sessions 4A - 4C
4A - PESA Industry Review - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr Wal Muir, President, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia
Exploration & appraisal - K Webster, British-Borneo Australia Ltd
Development & engineering - J Goodacre, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
Legal - M. Sandman, Woodside Energy Ltd
Environment - K Pendolay, Pendolay Environmental Pty Ltd
4B - Potential New Petroleum Plays - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Dr Chris Pigram, Australian Geological Survey Organisation
Geotechnical characteristics of Australia's Southern Margin petroleum systems - D. Edwards, H. Struckmeyer, M. Bradshaw & J Skinner, Australian Geological Survey Organisation
Petroleum potential of the Neoproterozoic Western Officer Basin, WA, based on a source-rock model from Empress -1A - G. Carlsen, S. Apak, K. Ghori, K. Grey, & M. Stevens, Geological Survey of WA
Upper permian carbonate reservoirs of the North West Shelf and the Northern Perth Basins, Australia - J. Gorter, British Borneo Oil & Gas Ltd & J. Davies, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
4C -Taxation & Finance Issues - Ballroom, Ground Floor, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr Don Spector, Woodside Energy Ltd
Timor Gap - the practical application of Indonesian withholding tax - P. Le Huray, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tax reform: what does it mean to the oil and gas industry? - J. Murray, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Commonwealth perspective on petroleum taxation - W. Layer, Department of Industry, Science & Resources
3.15pm Afternoon Tea in the exhibition area
Sponsored by: Apache Energy Ltd
3.45pm Technical/Commercial Sessions 5A - 5C
5A - Bonaparte Basin: Geochemistry & Palaeohydrology - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Dr David Winter, AEC International (Aust) Pty Ltd
Thermal history modelling and transient heat pulses: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion and
"hotflushes" in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea - J Kennard, AGSO, I Deighton, Paltech Pty Ltd and D
Edwards, J Colwell, G O'Brien & C Boreham, AGSO
Palaeohydrology of the Vulcan Sub-basin: implications for fault seal prediction
- M. Lisk, M. Brincat, P. Eadington, CSIRO Petroleum & G. O'Brien, Australian Geological Survey Organisation
Water washing in the northern Bonaparte Basin - N. Newell, BHP Petroleum Pty Ltd
Sponsored by: AEC International (Aust) Pty Ltd
5B - New Zealand - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr Eric Matthews, New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited
Recent exploration and production activity in New Zealand - R. Plume, Petroleum Exploration Association of New Zealand
New thinking on the petroleum prospectivity of deep Mesozoic sections in New Zealand's basins - R. Cook, Institute of Geology & Nuclear Sciences; R. Gregg, Crown Minerals, Ministry of Commerce & D. Bennett, Indo-Pacific Energy (NZ) Ltd
5C - Exploration Technology - Ballroom, Ground Floor, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr T Jacobsen, Tap Oil NL
Avoiding stratigraphic confusion in exploration: the need for national guidelines for sequence stratigraphic units - A. Brakel, Australian Geological Survey Organisation
The interpretation of aeromagnetic surveys for hydrocarbon exploration - I Kivior & D Boyd,
Archimedes Consulting Pty Ltd
5.00pm Happy Hour in the exhibition area - All welcome
Sponsored by: Baker Hughes/Western Geophysical
7.00pm African Sojourn - Gala Event
Experience life on the wild side at Perth Zoo's African Savannah followed by dinner, dancing and great entertainment. Coach pick-up from hotels at 6.30pm. Return via coach shuttle service between 11.00pm and midnight. Dress: Lounge suit/cocktail wear.
Sponsored by: Halliburton Company
WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 1999
8.00am Exhibition opens - Forecourt, Perth Concert Hall
Sponsored by: Texaco Australia Pty Ltd
8.30am - Registration - Terrace Foyer, Perth Concert Hall
3.00pm
PLENARY SESSION - Oil & Gas: Energy for Growth - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr Paul Underwood, Managing Director, Tap Oil NL
9.00am Technology & Industry Growth
- Mr Robert Peebler, President & Chief Executive Officer, Landmark Graphics Corporation
9.30am The Kyoto Treaty and its Effect on Growth
- Mr Brian Petty, Senior Vice President - Government Affairs, International Association of Drilling Contractors
10.00am An Engineering Perspective
- Mr Harold Clough, AO, OBE, Chairman & Director, Clough Engineering Pty Ltd
10.30am Morning Tea in the exhibition area
Sponsored by: Apache Energy Ltd
11.00am Technical/Commercial Sessions 6A - 6C
6A - North West Shelf - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr Chris Swarbrick, Texaco Australia Pty Ltd
- Margin-scale, basement-involved compartmentalisation of Australia's North West Shelf: a primary
- control on basin-scale rift, depositional and reactivation histories - G O'Brien, M Morse, D Wilson, J
- Colwell & C Foster, AGSO, P Quaife, Resource Management (Australia) Pty Ltd and R Higgins
- University of Western Australia
Seal capacity and hydrocarbon accumulation history in dynamic petroleum systems: the East Java Basin, Indonesia and the Timor Sea Region, Australia - J. Kaldi & T. Kivior, NCPGG and G. O'Brien & C. Foster, AGSO
The origin and influence of overpressure with reference to the North West Shelf, Australia - R. Swarbrick, Durham University and R Hillis, University of Adelaide
Sponsored by: Texaco Australia Pty Ltd
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6B - Reservoir Characterisation - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Dr R Rajeswaren, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
Use of nuclear magnetic resonance and new core analysis technology for the determination of gas saturations in Pretty Hill Sandstone reservoirs, onshore Otway Basin - P Boult, Boral Energy Resources Ltd, R Ramamoorth & T Neville, Schlumberger Oilfield Australia Pty Ltd, P Theologou, Petroleum Technology Mincom, R East & A Drake, ACS Laboratories
3D Stochastic Reservoir Modelling and field development planning - F. Jian, Smedvig Technologies
Design and planning of low permeability reservoir stimulation by acid treatment: an integrated laboratory analysis and computer modelling - T. Azizi, S. Rahman & M Rahman, University of New South Wales
6C - Environmental Issues - Ballroom, Ground Floor, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr Russell Lagdon, West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd
Practical application of environmental risk management: Gorgon LNG project case study - R. Stoklosa, Stoklosa Engineering Pty Ltd
Environmental management on the North West Shelf: a review of existing data - C. Sherwood, United States Geological Survey, A. Heywood, A. Revill, L. Scott & C. Fandry, CSIRO Marine
Biochemical and chemical parameters for aquatic ecosystem health assessments adapted to the Australian oil and gas industry - M. Gagnon, K. Grice & R. Kagi, Curtin University
Public environmental reporting for the oil and gas industry - R Wright, PPK Environment & Infrastructure Pty Ltd
12.15pm Conference Lunch - Golden Ballroom, Sheraton Perth Hotel, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
Guest speaker: Mr Rodney Marsh, Head Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport's Cricket Academy, former Vice Captain of the Australian Test Cricket team and Captain of Western Australia's Sheffield Shield team..
Sponsored by: Boral Energy Limited
2.30pm Technical/Commercial Sessions 7A - 7D
7A - Carnarvon Basin - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
Session Chairman: Mr Mark Teare, AEC International (Australia) Pty Ltd
Field delineation using seismic amplitude analysis on the Southern Rankin Trend, northwest Australia - D. Sibley, F Herkenhoff, D Criddle & M McLerie, West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd
Seismic based reservoir characterisation of the Wandoo Oil Field - M. Micenko, Mick. Micenko Exploration, R. Rutherford, & J. Crane, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
The M. australis sandstones, Dampier Sub-basin, Australia - A. Crowley, Apache Energy Ltd
Sponsored by: AEC International (Aust) Pty Ltd
7B - Field Planning & Management - Duxton 1, Lower Level, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Mr Jack Goodacre, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
Legendre: maturation of a marginal oil discovery to development project - J. Willetts, D. Mason, L. Guerrera & P. Ryles, Woodside Energy Ltd
Wandoo: the development of a marginal field - M. Fabian, Mobil Exploration & Producing Australia Pty Ltd
East Spar: the first 2 years
- B. Lake, Apache Energy Ltd
Griffin Venture gas turbine fire 1997 - K. Black, BHP Petroleum Pty Ltd
7C - New Fields & Petroleum Systems - Ballroom, Ground Floor, Duxton Hotel
Session Chairman: Dr Rob Willink, Boral Energy Resources Limited
The renewed search for oil and gas in the Bass Basin: results of Yolla-1 and White Ibis-1 - R. Lemon, R. Suttill, D. Guthrie & A. Waldron, Boral Energy Resources Ltd
New insights into the active petroleum systems in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia - C. Boreham & R. Summons, Australian Geological Survey Organisation
Application of reservoir geochemistry in the Iagifu-Hedinia Field, Papua New Guinea - R Kaufman, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc & B Robertson, Chevron Nuigini Pty Ltd
3.45pm Afternoon tea in the exhibition area
Sponsored by: Apache Energy Ltd
4.15pm Closing ceremony - Auditorium, Perth Concert Hall
APPEA Best Paper Award
PESA Best Presented Paper Award
Concluding Address by APPEA Vice-Chairman, Mr Jim Caffrey, Group General Manager, BHP Petroleum Pty Ltd
5.00pm- Farewell Cocktail Party
7.00pm Stroll to the magnificent gardens of Government House, adjacent to the Perth Concert Hall.
Sponsored by: Christopher Beck Books, Icon Oil NL, PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, Petroz NL, Santos Ltd
THURSDAY 22 APRIL 1999
1999 Annual APPEA Golf Tournament - 2-day event
1999 Coflexip Stena Offshore APPEA Regatta