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Petroleum Open Day 2008
The annual Petroleum Open Day hosted by the Petroleum and Royalties Division and the Geological Survey Division was held at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle on Wednesday 24 September 2008.
The day provided the department with an opportunity to update industry on developments, provide feedback to stakeholders and discuss trends for the future.
Topics that were covered included:
- Gas development strategies - Aiden Joy (Apache Energy Ltd)
- State acreage release - Richard Bruce (Petroleum & Royalties Division)
- Hydrocarbon liquids production outlook - Reza Melek (Petroleum & Royalties Division)
- Upstream energy in Western Australia - Bill Tinapple (Petroleum & Royalties Division)
- Tight Gas opportunities - Robert Johnson (WA:ERA)
- Geothermal : Nine months on - Marie Platt (Petroleum & Royalties Division)
- The Officer Basin : a personal journey - Mark Stevens (Petroleum & Royalties Division)
- Legislation update - Colin Harvey (Petroleum & Royalties Division)
- A proposal to rename the Canning to the "Cunning Basin" : a review of GSWA work in the Canning Basin - Peter Haines (Geological Survey Division)











