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Petroleum in WA (PWA) keeps DMP stakeholders informed

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

The April edition of the department’s Petroleum in Western Australia (PWA) magazine is now available online and in hard copy.

Published by the DMP Petroleum Division the magazine is published twice a year, in April and September, to provide updates on industry activities in Western Australia and the department’s latest petroleum and geothermal activities.

The magazine will be available to delegates at the upcoming annual APPEA conference to be held in Brisbane, May 16-19, 2010.

The latest issue highlights the State’s petroleum exploration, development and production activities in 2009 through a broad variety of articles of interest to the petroleum industry.

Feature articles in the magazine include a summary of industry activities in 2009, information on both petroleum and geothermal acreage releases, an update on new features for the Petroleum Geothermal Register (PGR), and the Exploration Incentive Scheme.

There are also two contributions from industry; the Company Focus introduces a new operator in WA, Arcadia Petroleum and some of their work in the frontier Bremer Sub-basin of the Bight Basin.

The magazine also features a discussion of innovative seismic tools and techniques used in exploration for resources.

Petroleum annual statistics for 2009 can also be found in this edition.

Copies are available from the Petroleum Division located in Mineral House, 100 Plain Street, East Perth and from the publications counter on the first floor, or the magazine can be downloaded from Here

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