Poster Presenters

the Australian School of Petroleum at the University of Adelaide. Working with the Onshore Energy Systems team at Geoscience Australia, Adam is currently working on the flagship Exploring for the Future Program in Northern Australia, and is the geology discipline lead for the Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program.

a Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Science (Biology) with Honours from Curtain University in 1997. Michael started his professional career work in the mining and exploration industry focusing on mine site decommissioning planning and execution.  In 2004, Michael started his career with Chevron as an Environmental Specialist on Barrow Island where a large focus was on rehabilitation and contaminated site remediation.  He spent three years in California as a Project Manager for Chevron’s Environmental Management Company managing facility decommissioning, remediation and well abandonment projects. After moving back to Western Australia, he has worked on remediation projects on Barrow Island and was the HSE Lead for the early phase planning of the TVI Retirement Project. Michael then moved to a role in the commissioning and start up team on the Wheatstone LNG project before returning to the TVI Retirement project in 2021.

evaluating complex decisions. He has extensive experience in strategy development, decision framing, modelling, mergers & acquisitions, value of information, litigation strategy, and commercial negotiations. Kris received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. He joined Chevron USA as a senior global decision analyst and worked to develop projects in the USA, China, Vietnam, Brazil, and others. At the end of 2008 Kris transitioned with Chevron to Australia and was responsible for developing decisions for portfolio, high value investments, new ventures, and commercial opportunities. In 2011 Kris was the Major Capital Project Decision Analysis Manager and Chevron leadership team member responsible for decision support (>US$100B) for the Gorgon Foundation Project, Expansion Project, Stage 2 Project, Jansz-Io Compression Project, New Field Developments, and later the Wheatstone Projects. Kris moved with Chevron to Singapore in 2015 where he led the decision and economic function for the Asia Pacific region. Kris and his family (using Decision Quality principles of course), made the decision in 2017 to permanently relocate to Australia.

to develop the Duvernay shale play. Gareth now lectures at the University of the Sunshine Coast and is researching Australian gas reservoirs and has over 15 years' experience in coal and shale geology. His MSc (Newcastle University, 2001) expanded sequence stratigraphy into non-marine coal-bearing strata by correlating significant surfaces identified through organic petrology of an amalgamated coal seam. Gareth then completed his PhD at the University of British Columbia (2007) where he used a multidisciplinary approach incorporating organic geochemistry, organic petrology, sedimentology, mineralogy and sedimentary petrology to investigate the geology of shale gas resources. One objective was to understand geological controls on the gas capacity and hydrocarbon resource density of coals and shales. He continued research at UBC as Postdoctoral Fellow and evaluated four shale formations in North America. Gareth then joined Shell Canada (Calgary, 2013) to gain industry experience in developing the Duvernay gas shale play. Gareth is currently investigating the origin and distribution of toxic H2S gas within the Montney Formation in western Canada.

exploration geologist with several small minerals exploration companies on nickel, copper, tungsten and potash projects. When the minerals industry collapsed in 2014, he transitioned into the petroleum industry, working at RISC Advisory as a geoscience consultant until 2017. He began his PhD at the Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources, University of Adelaide, in 2018, where he is currently researching the impacts of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous magmatism on petroleum systems of the Northern Carnarvon Basin. He has won several awards for the quality of his research including the PESA Postgraduate Scholarship and an ASEG Research Foundation Grant. He is a current and active member of PESA, ASEG and GSA.

a BSc (Hons) at the University of Adelaide in 2014 and MRes at Macquarie University in 2015. Natalie joined Esso Australia in 2019 and is currently working in the Gippsland Basin Production Team as a geoscientist for the Turrum and Marlin fields. Natalie’s interests include reservoir characterisation and structural geology..

decommissioning options. Her role included leveraging previous experience in safety risk, climate risk assessment, and overall project alignment to provide a fresh perspective on alternative decommissioning activities. Using her Masters in Professional Engineering (majoring in chemical engineering), Alison has also been involved in numerous projects from hydrogen energy feasibility studies to end-of-life material recovery and circular economy-based principles. She has worked across numerous industries with experience in the renewable energy, oil, and gas, resource recovery, mining, and water sectors. This experience has provided a both technical understanding of decommissioning activities as well as idea generation surrounding cross-disciplinary solutions.

Bradley’s oil & gas industry experience includes: strategy development, business transformation, capital programs and projects, integrated operations, and corporate services. Bradley is a regular speaker at APPEA.

comprehensive assessments of energy production impact on the groundwater systems and the environment. She is passionate about fluid and gas circulation along natural faults and the impact of those circulations on the seismic cycle. She works with a multi-scale approach, from fieldwork to laboratory analyses and to numerical modelling. She acquired a worldwide academic expertise in this field with a PhD thesis on the circulation recorded in the well-known red sandstone of the Colorado Plateau and her implication in the IODP research. Before joining CSIRO, she also worked in the oil and gas industry as a seismic interpreter and a petroleum system analyst.

including design and test, project management and sales and marketing. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Dalhousie University and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is also a graduate of the International Space University’s Summer Session Program (2006). In October 2016, he joined GHGSat to help commercialize the products and services from their breakthrough satellite around the world. In his role as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he leads the company’s efforts to help the oil and gas industry take on the challenge of addressing climate change, one satellite at a time.

Victorian based assets. During his 23 year career in the Oil and Gas Industry Grant has worked as an operations technician & supervisor at the Long Island Point LPG facility and on the Gorgon LNG Project in Western Australia whilst seconded to Chevron Australia. Grant has also held positions in training, operations advisor roles and as the Work Management Coordinator. Grant recently put many of his work acquired planning, preparation and risk management skills to test by paddling unsupported across Bass Strait in a sea kayak to raise funds for a charity he and his 3 paddling colleagues are passionate about.

a range of marine and terrestrial environments. Blair currently fulfil the role of Lead HSE Specialist – Terrestrial Ecology at Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, with responsibilities including management of ecological surveys and reporting across Chevron’s Australian assets and Projects, as well as providing technical advice relating to land rehabilitation and Chevron’s internal Environmental Stewardship process. He also have a keen interest in lower carbon related activities: leading projects relating to incorporation of renewable energy solutions in an operating asset environment. My post-graduate studies include the completion of a Masters by Research (Environmental Management) degree which focused on the management of endangered native Australian species and included publication of three peer reviewed articles in international journals. Professional employment during this period included a range of marine based studies, primarily focusing on the impact of human interaction with dolphins, but including surveys on a range of other marine mammals, reptiles, fish and vegetation.

Alan has supported Xodus’ flow assurance and subsea & pipelines divisions. Alan has used his subsea engineering knowledge in combination with coding skills to create in-house digital design tools and foresee their application across the whole energy sector. He has been recently seconded to Xodus’ digital development division to support the automation of engineering workflows in FLUX as well as to provide training for engineers without programming experience.

the Stress, Structure & Seismic Research Group. Simon has published over 100 papers on the prospectivity and tectonics of rifted margins, petroleum geomechanics and magmatism in basins. Simon has successfully supervised ~10 PhD students and ~50 Honours and master’s students. Simon has a PhD from the University of Birmingham and a BSc(Hons) from Keele University. Simon has won multiple awards, including Best Paper prizes at APPEA 2012 and AEGC 2019, Best Extended Abstract at APPEA 2021 and the Geological Society of Australia’s Walter Howchin and ES Hills medals. Simon was President of the SA/NT branch of PESA during 2015-2017.

industry, primarily in the unconventional gas, coal and geothermal sectors. His specialty is in integrating multi-disciplinary capabilities in geoscience and resource engineering and applying them to solving problems in industry. The majority of Cameron’s current work is on social and environmental topics related to the onshore gas industry. Dr Huddlestone-Holmes has a PhD in Geology and has worked for 20 years in industry and research, the last 14 years of which have been with the CSIRO. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

At ERCE, she has worked on various hydrocarbon evaluation and exploration projects. As a geoscientist, Inggrid is responsible for evaluation of various aspects relating to geology and subsurface work, including geophysics and geomodelling. Her work includes volumetric calculation, geological risking, depth conversion, and seismic interpretation. She is comfortable working with large quantities of data and is familiar with programmes like Kingdom, Petrel, Surfer, Hampson Russel, Crystal Ball (Monte Carlo), ArcGIS and MATLAB. She has also been involved in the market and commercial evaluation of oil and gas projects, primarily for reserves evaluation.

UNSW and has worked on various aspects of CCUS over the past fifteen years, including at Geoscience Australia, MIT’s Laboratory for Energy and the Environment and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Aleks’ current work focuses on geological storage and utilisation of CO2 through CO2-EOR in depleted fields and residual oil zones; broader understanding and implementation of CO2 geological storage in Australia; and hydrogen, geothermal, and other low-emissions technologies.

assessment, well integrity, hydraulic fracturing, rock mechanics, sustainable design and systems thinking.

migration and geological and geomechanical modelling.

within the mining, oil and gas and environmental consulting sector. In addition to his leadership role, Geoff’s background is in providing a full range of environmental services from spill response, pre-construction assessment services, drilling by-product management to surface abandonment and restoration application. Geoff has extensive experience coordinating environmental regulatory applications and approvals, environmental management systems and asset retirement obligations. Geoff ensures that Summit’s operations are executed to the highest standards considering both regulatory, and customer requirements. Geoff earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Alberta his major area of study was Environmental Economics and Policy with a minor in Land Reclamation.

Australia. His experience includes asset integrity, flow induced and acoustic vibrations, technical safety, and continuous improvement. He was awarded a technical design prize by Yara for designing the best demineralisation system at an Ammonia plant. He has a keen interest in the confluence of computer science, mechanical engineering, and asset optimisation.

that improve operational efficiency and environmental performance across Chevon’s global operations. Michael has over 25 years of experience in marine science and environmental management. He leads Chevron’s environmental DNA (eDNA) program and has developed a range of novel monitoring technologies to assess and manage impacts of offshore activities on marine biota. Michael has also led projects on the environmental monitoring and management of port developments, seismic operations, offshore drilling, marine outfalls and invasive species. Most recently, Michael has been applying new technologies, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) and stereo-video methods, to demonstrate the environmental and socioeconomic value of leave-in-place decommissioning alternatives for offshore oil and gas infrastructure.

roles within the organization. Louise spent four years based at the Esso/BHP Longford Plants and then moved to into Projects where she has provided SSHE and regulatory support for over $5 billion in capital investments. Louise is now supporting the planning for the decommissioning of the Esso/BHP facilities in Bass Strait.

in Australia. He published and presented his work on a number of international conferences. Duy has five years of oil and gas industrial experience working for Schlumberger in Australia, Malaysia, India, Middle East and Africa. Since 2009, Duy has worked as a petroleum engineer at Geoscience Australia assessing the CO2 geological storage potential of Bonaparte, Gippsland and Browse basins as well as petroleum prospectivity in the Roebuck Basin. Duy is currently contributing to a regional geological study in the Otway Basin.

University in 2007 with a BSc in Geology (Hons). Subsequently he worked in mineral exploration before undertaking a PhD in paleoceanography at the Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU. Since joining Geoscience Australia through the graduate program in 2014, Ryan has contributed to a number of projects including the northern Houtman Sub-basin prospectivity study, the Geological and Bioregional Assessments of the Beetaloo and Cooper basins, and the annual Acreage Release. Member: PESA, GSA..

2017. Prior to joining Xodus in 2020, Jerome has worked in both technical and analyst positions across an investment bank, E&P and service companies.

discovery of new natural resources in Australia. Yvette completed a bachelor’s degree in science at the University of Yaounde (Cameroon), a PhD in geophysics at the University of Paris XI (France) and a MBA at the Australian Institute of Business (Adelaide). She has worked in academia and industry sector and joined Geoscience Australia (GA) in 2016 working in a high performing team to provide pre-competitive datasets to the public, and inform decision making. Yvette is currently working with the Offshore Energy System team at GA, using potential field data to complement the mapping of igneous rocks revealed by seismic interpretation.

geothermal energy projects, later moving to carbon geosequestration and unconventional reservoirs. Currently he is the CSIRO lead of distributed temperature sensing and managing operations at the CSIRO In-Situ Lab research site. He is a member of SPE, SPWLA, FESAus and EAGE.

focused on striving to develop leaner, more efficient and socially responsible industries. She is adamant that a leaner and more efficient and socially responsible oil & gas industry will be required, both in terms of project execution and operation which is driving a technical revolution and driving higher levels of artificial intelligence and automation with remote operation and management. Helen works with clients to understand these challenges before working with her own business to work out how we can meet them Helen’s strength lies in her strong inter-personal skills with multicultural teams and her ability to draw a team together to meet a common goal. Helen’s background is in development planning, FEED, and Detailed Design for Greenfield and Brownfield offshore projects and Operations. During her career, Helen has managed multi-discipline technical (>200) and corporate (20) teams.

Recently he has been focussed technology commercialisation, CO2 storage and monitoring, and development of CCUS and hydrogen hubs. Dr Ross joined CSIRO in 2004 and has qualifications in marine biology, oceanography and petroleum geoscience.

studies, in addition to managing high performing technical teams to achieve high value outcomes. Drew has experience working directly for operators, consultants and engineering contractors which gives him a broad, yet detailed, understanding of what is required to manage stakeholders. Drews’ key technical skills are in field development planning and front-end development of offshore oil & gas facilities using fixed & floating platforms, subsea developments, onshore facilities, and renewable solutions. Drew is also a specialist in the concept development and design of unmanned, not normally manned, and minimum manned offshore facilities.

and internationally. He started in the Coal Exploration Section of the Geological Survey of Queensland as a geological cadet. He transferred to the Petroleum Resources section as a geologist, where he was involved in petroleum and CSG tenure management, promotion and research as well as policy advice and the revision and development of legislation. Steven joined Queensland Gas Company in 2000 as Senior By the BG Group takeover of QGC, he was Vice President, Exploration and Technical Services with the oversight of all exploration, geological services and budgetary control of QGC’s exploration programs. Steven joined Senex Energy in 2010 as General Manager, Exploration and managed Senex’s conventional and unconventional oil and gas and CSG exploration in Queensland and South Australia. In 2016 he formed Adavale Energy with Brent Glassborow. Adavale Energy is a boutique consultancy firm, delivering integrated technical, project management and business development services for the petroleum industry and consulting services for technology and innovation product solutions. In 2017 he formed Australian Gas Company (AusGasCo) with Brent Glassborow and Canh Nguyen. AusGasCo is focused on prospective gas exploration and appraisal opportunities with access to the Australian East Coast Domestic Gas Market. Steven has a Bachelor of Science (Hons), Geology and Mineralogy from the University of Queensland and a Doctor of Philosophy from the James Cook University. Steven is a member of AAPG, PESA, GSA, and is a registered Petroleum Geologist. He has co-authored numerous coal, petroleum and CSG industry peer reviewed papers, including many of the initial research papers of the CSG potential of the Surat Basin.

Itajubá (2006). He has over 13 years of experience in O&G, working in operations, projects and planning. Gustavo started his career working offshore in Brazil as a LWD Engineer and Directional Drilling Engineer, then moved to Operations Coordination, with active Participation in HSE meetings with significant customers and experience in coordinating multiple simultaneous projects. Gustavo also has international experience leading multicultural teams in Saudi Arabia for 2 years. He has focus on HSE, great experience working in hostiles scenarios with risk 4 level, interdependent culture; and encompasses experience and knowledge in procedures with radioactive hazardous materials and risk analysis products development. Currently Gustavo is working as a Solution Engineer at Intelie company in São Paulo – Brazil, creating Technical Specification Requirements to Development Team and Technical Leadership of Product Projects.

compression facilities, and power plants. He has spent several years in measurement, advanced modelling, troubleshooting, and mitigation of vibration in Coal Seam Gas (CSG) processing and transport facilities and has been involved in the management of fatigue failure risks for major Oil and Gas operators. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and is currently a Senior Consultant and Group Team Lead within the Vibration, Dynamics, and Noise (VDN) business of Wood.

countries. Over years, he has gained a unique knowledge of his topical problem: probabilistic analysis of asset integrity for upgrading risk analysis confidence in applications to stress design, corrosion and fatigue damage. He has established own engineering company Quanty Pty. Ltd. (Brisbane) in 2016, to facilitate the development of the holistic solution for upgrading asset integrity analysis towards a better confidence of decision making in the oil and gas industry. As per today, his unique engineering analysis methodologies are bundled into the company service offer WholePro® available for application across a range of industries and damage mechanisms. These methods have a sound scientific basis, as well as trialed in real life integrity data case studies. Yury participated in APPEA conferences in 2017 and 2019, as well as in international conferences and journals. He is looking for co-thinkers willing to improve their risk assessment practcicality. .

hydraulics. In recent years Jurgen has assisted Clough AMEC Joint Venture in the role of Principal Water Process Engineer developing the Bowen and Surat Gas Projects for Arrow Energy. Hydraulic modelling of complex water gathering, and water transfer systems let to a technological partnership with Siemens Digital Industries. Access to advanced hydraulic modelling software enabled Jurgen to offer his broad experience to a range of industries including oil and gas, power and water engineering. Before establishing JS Pumps and Fluid System Consultants, over a time span of 30 years, Jurgen held a variety of senior positions with the Queensland power generation company Stanwell Corporation and its predecessors. This work included the engineering and development of renewable energy projects such as wind farms and hydro power stations. Jurgen earned his Batchelor of Mechanical Engineering degree at the Fachhochschule Hannover in Germany. He is a CPEng and RPEQ and a Fellow of Engineers Australia.

areas. Mr. Testoff has unique capabilities in quantitative ecological risk characterization and terrestrial ecological studies, and has developed an approach to quantitatively assess the potential for ecological impairment due to microplastics exposure resulting from long-term degradation of plastic-containing structures at depth in offshore oil and gas production fields.

University, Australia in 2021. Since 2017, Dr. Tung has published 7 conferences and journal articles in various disciplines surrounding the topic of oil & gas decommissioning including engineering, project management, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory law. He was a finalist of the 2021 Decom North Sea Rising Star in Decommissioning Award and is currently working project engineer at Woodside Energy.

Texas A&M University-San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received a B.A. in Psychology from the Texas A&M University in 1992 and later earned his M.Ed. in Counseling and Guidance from Southwest Texas State University. In 2001, he earned his Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from St. Mary’s University. Dr. Valadez is a Mental Health clinical registrant and has worked with children, families, traditional college-aged students and the elderly in the United States and Australia. In addition, Dr. Valadez has worked with Master’s and Doctoral Practicum and Internship students. Dr. Valadez has published over 20 articles in the areas of addictions, multiculturalism, gerontology, neuropsychology, and creative mental health interventions. .

She also holds a Bachelor of International Studies (Arabic & International Relations) with distinction from Deakin University. Her interest in the oil and gas industry was sparked while working on rigs as a roughneck for AJ Lucas, Interdrill, Australian Drilling Services and Saxon Energy Services (now SLB Landrigs) in the Cooper, Surat and Canning Basin. She has worked for Santos focusing on underbalanced drilling and on production prediction in multi-layer tight gas reservoirs. She has recently worked for Chevron focusing on the Gorgon Gas Supply. She volunteered on local and federal chapters of several industry committees including SPE, PESA and ASEG. Currently, she is the Co-Chair for Marketing & Promotions for the 2022 Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition and is on the Board of Governors for the Energy Club WA. This is the work of her Honours Thesis .

University in 2014. After working at Nelson Mandela University as a research assistant, I moved to Australia and joined the Marine Futures lab at UWA in 2016 as an image analyst. I have since obtained my Australian permanent residency. I started my PhD in April 2017, studying the role offshore oil and gas platforms play as novel ecosystems, and completed my PhD in August 2021. I am currently employed as a research fellow at UWA, continuing my research into the ecology of offshore oil and gas platforms in Australia. By studying an oil platform situated on the North West Shelf, I aim to investigate the community structure of both benthic and pelagic species associated with offshore platforms, as a basis for future decommissioning decisions.

at the University New South Wales before joining Geoscience Australia. His research interests include petrophysics, static and dynamic reservoir modelling, applied statistics and artificial intelligence. He is a member of PESA and EAGE.

change initiative. Max has over 20 years' experience in developing industry relevant, low emission technologies including carbon capture & storage (CCUS) and more recently hydrogen storage. Max has worked in academia, industry, and R&D management sectors, gaining insights from a variety of countries and business types. He completed his PhD at The University of Adelaide.

front end engineering design, detail design, operation support and several years of site work. His experience includes many carbon capture and sequestration studies for various clients such as Wesfarmers, Arctic LNG2, Woodside, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Korea National Oil Company and others. He is also an experienced facilitator of framing a screening workshops, having run workshops in Perth, Doha, Kuwait, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for many clients. Ross spent most of his career working in Perth, with three years in Muscat working for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). Today he is a Principal Consultant at Advisian, where he is also the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Lead for the Asia-Pacific Region.

published in English and Chinese on azimuthal anisotropy, forward modelling and characterisation of gas-bearing volcanoclastic and conventional reservoirs. He joined the Geological Survey of Western Australia’s Basin and Energy Geoscience group as senior geophysicist in 2011, and is a member of PESA.