b'Branch newsASEG newsAn invitation to attend NSW Branch meetings is extended to interstate and international visitors who happen to be in town at the time. Most talks are livestreamed on Zoom and uploaded to ASEGs YouTube page later, so you also have the option to join us online. Meetings are generally held on the third Wednesday of each month from 5:30 pm at Club York. News, meetings notices, addresses and relevant contact details can be found at the NSW Branch website. All are welcome.Stephanie Kovach and Jim Austin nswsecretary@aseg.org.au nswpresident@aseg.org.auQueenslandThe Queensland ASEG were pleasedThe ASEG NSW audience intently listening to Chris presentation to host two face-to-face talks in June with presentations by Oli Gaede and Irwan Djamaludin. Dr Oliver Gaedes presentation focussed on the differences in the Precipice and the Springbok Sandstones as aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin, and the traps of using basic well logs alone to distinguish sandstones. Dr Gaede showed ternary geochemistry diagrams and geophysical logs proving that the Precipice Sandstone is a clean and porous sandstone, making it a good Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) reservoir. This was in contrast to the Springbok Sandstone that, under basic logs, would be classified as a clean sandstone but with deeper analysis is quite shaley, and should not be considered a good reservoir for CCS projects.We continued the CCS theme with our second talk in June, which was held in partnership with Queensland PESA. Irwan Djamaludin presented a talk on the Glenhaven conventional and passiveThe audience at the NSW Branch June meeting, the presenters - Stuart and Patrick, can be seen in the photo (frontandright). 3D seismic surveys for the EPQ7 CO 2sequestration demonstration project in the Surat Basin. Irwan showed howcontrast between liquid media propertiesSouth Australia & Northern Territorythe structure, thickness, lithology, andand finally, at the end of the night, porosity mappings were undertakenhopefully dont experience too manyRecently we sponsored the inaugural using the prestack inversion volumes.angles of incidence. Our other socialEarth Science Networking Night, hosted Both talks were well attended. night is the annual ASEG-PESA Trivia nightby the Adelaide University Geological We have a full pipeline of talks and eventshosted by Henk van Paridon. This isSociety (AUGS) at the Belgian Beer Caf. planned for the remainder of the year.slated for October so keep an eye out forOur state committee member Nick In the near future well be welcomingannouncements in upcoming emails. Jervis-Brady and Federal Education two recent graduate geophysicists, DaleFinally, preparations are being finalisedCommittee Chair Kate Selway both Harpley and Callum Kowalski to presentfor the upcoming AEGC conference ingave wonderful presentations and on their recent thesis projects. September. We look forward to seeing asanswered questions for all the budding many of you as possible online. young geophysicists/geoscientists in Aside from technical talks, plans are inSA. By all accounts it was an incredibly place for our Zoepprittz night. This isNick Josephs and James Aldermansuccessful night and we hope to build our annual social gathering where weqldsecretary@aseg.org.auon a blossoming relationship with both practice long-offset bar hopping, examineqldpresident@aseg.org.au AUGS and students in SA going forward.AUGUST 2021 PREVIEW 8'