b'CommitteesASEG newsASEG Young Professionals Network: Training, training, training!One of the biggest challenges for theWe would also like to thank those who haveconsultant based in Melbourne. Well log future of the oil and gas industry is afreely provided their time and expertiseinterpretation is a part of our day-to-day skills shortage. Have you heard aboutover the past six months to help bridge thework as geoscientists and petrophysical the reported industry talent crisis? Agap in technical knowledge that has beenoutputs form a strong component of lack of graduate recruitment during thegrowing over the past several years. new ventures evaluation, leads and downturn has been compounded by theWe cannot underestimate the importanceprospect evaluation, reservoir and seal age distribution of the industry workforce.for our local industry to invest in the ongoingcharacterisation and many other areas. We According to the 2019 Global Energydevelopment of young staff. This is especiallywould like to thank Angie for generously Talent Index report (compiled by Airswiftrelevant for smaller companies withoutproviding her time to discuss log and Energy Jobline), nearly one quarter ofgraduate programmes, who often relyinterpretation, its pitfalls and workflows.workers in the oil and gas industry are agedheavily on YPs. I remain convinced that upskilling in the above 55. current competitive job market is the only This places significant importance on theThis year we have welcomed a wide varietyway to ensure ongoing employability, with retainment and ongoing training andof technical speakers as a part of our PESA/ the industry seemingly moving towards development of our Young ProfessionalsASEG YP seminar series. Excellent technicalmore skilled and integrated geoscientists (YPs). Consider how long it takes topresentations have included: with core skills spread across a wide train and develop staff in the oil andDecision quality in the appraisal or whendiversity of disciplines.gas industry relative to other industries.valuing information, Mr Adrian Sikorski PESA/ASEG has several low cost and Graduate programmes alone will not2D structural restorations in fold & thrustexciting training opportunities planned cover the skills deficit. Even now as thebelts and implications for petroleumover the coming six months, as well as industry continues to recover from thesystems analysis, Dr David Briguglio our ongoing technical seminar series. downturn, I am witnessing YPs with 610A new Full Spectrum FALCON airborneFull fee-paying senior professionals are years experience leave the industry duegravity and aeromagnetic survey over thealso welcome to attend these training to limited job opportunities. I should alsoOtway Basin, Victoria, Dr Mark McLean courses. Please contact either me mention those graduates that fail to evenReservoir characterisation for the(dthompson@3doil.com.au) or Jarrod find opportunities to enter industry. next generation (SEG Virtual Lecture),Dunne (jdunne@karoonenergy.com.au) for Dr Subhashis Mallick (University offurther information.In an article earlier this year IWyoming)discussed the scarce technical trainingWe are also looking for industry partners opportunities for young professionalMost recently, Angie Cernovskis heldfor a Summer Internship Programme geologists and geophysicists, especiallya fantastic two-day short course onin Victoria. If your company would like since the downturn. This article servesPetrophysical Interpretation. This is ato express interest in an Internship as an update on local PESA/ASEG YPdiscipline in which many YPs receiveProgramme, please contact Jesse Cotterill activities here in Melbourne to raiselittle formal training. Angie has an(jcotterill@3doil.com.au).awareness of our low-cost trainingexcellent reputation as a petrophysicist, opportunities and to encourage ongoinghaving worked with Delhi Petroleum,Daniel Thompsonparticipation. BHP Petroleum and more recently as adthompson@3doil.com.auASEG Technical Standards Committee: An updateThe ASEG Technical Standards CommitteeImplications for gravity data of thesupplant either the form in which data is met during the AEGC in September inGDA2020 dynamic datum advent reported to Surveys, or what GA is currently Perth. Fourteen were in attendance (aRecognition and acceptance of four welldelivering externally. Rather, it is a mode of reasonably pleasing number), with mostestablished data standards for passiveencapsulation analogous to a zip file that State jurisdictions represented in additionseismic data from distinct user sub- facilitates fast dynamic queries of large data to several representatives from Geosciencecommunities. sets and machine-to-machine interaction. Australia (GA) together with highlyComprehensive data standards beingIn particular they undertook to continue to experienced industry practitioners Kimdeveloped by the MT user community.support established ASEG-defined standards Frankcombe, David Pratt and David Allen.The committee is content to maintain(especially ASEG-GDF2) for the foreseeable The absence of any of the major surveya watching brief with no directfuture.contractors was, however, notable. Markinvolvement for the time being. The extent to which the new format is Duffett chaired, deputising for Tim Keeping. In this meeting and at a subsequenttaken up by users outside GA remains to be The topics addressed in the meetingconference workshop GA (particularly Alexseen. Support by software developers and included: Ip) identified the ASEG Technical Standardsvendors will obviously be critical; there is GAs proposed implementation ofCommittee as the body to which they arestill some way to go in this regard.netCDF/HDF5 as a standard self- looking to take the lead in developing describing encapsulation for ametadata vocabulary standards surrounding wide range of geophysical datatheir netCDF implementation.This is a types, including airborne magnetic,welcome development. Tim Keeping and Mark Duffett radiometric and EM, also MT and passiveGA personnel took some pains to emphasiseASEG Technical Standards Committee seismic. that their new format is not intended totechnical-standards@aseg.org.au7 PREVIEW DECEMBER 2019'