THE development and adaptation of new seismic imaging technology by local company HiSeis may change the future of mineral mining worldwide.

THE University of Western Australia has launched a ground breaking research institute to solve global concerns over energy resources.

 

RESEARCHERS at CSIRO, led by Dr Cedric Griffiths, have predicted the effects of climate change on the West Australian coastline and seabed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“WA is the most energy and gas dependent economy in Australia”, according to Tony Petersen, Chairman of the DomGas Alliance, key speaker at a recent sustainability seminar at Murdoch University.

 

THE Gorgon joint venture partners have made a historic decision to proceed with Australia’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and the world’s largest carbon dioxide geosequestration project.

 

THAT liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a safe energy source was the message from a science show for “big kids” held at the UWA University Club this week.

 

THE 2009 Curtin Commercial Innovation Award winner is the university’s Professor Robert Amin. His innovation is a more efficient and cost-effective process of removing contaminants from natural gas streams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETROLEUM exploration could become a much cheaper and more accurate science thanks to a new predictive model for analysing deposits under the earth’s surface.

 

THE key message of an Institute of Advanced Studies lecture held last week was that, over the next fifty years, demand for primary minerals will disappear and action must be taken now to accommodate this situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WESTERN Australia is well-placed to profit from a global push towards emissions reduction and recycling, according to Professor Robin Batterham, Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne.

USING more natural gas instead of coal to produce electricity would be a simple way of reducing Australia’s greenhouse emissions by some five percent, according to WA Premier Colin Barnett.

The principle aim of CREST is to be a leader in the field of sustainable transport energy, coordinating research and development to assist WA in its transition to a sustainable transport system.  CREST will promote the adoption of sustainable transport systems through its involvement in a range of activities including research, testing, analysis and education.

RESEARCHERS from the University of Western Australia are about to release the first half of a two year study on human use of the coastline between Carnarvon and the Northern Territory border.

SCIENTISTS at the University of Western Australia are working to develop underwater vehicles that can function without needing input from human operators.

A WORLD-first underwater monitoring system developed by Perth company Fastwave is helping mining giant Woodside meet the strict environmental conditions attached to its Pluto LNG processing project.

A SAW that can cut bricks and wood but not a person’s arm, cow’s milk that can protect humans from disease, and an innovative energy monitoring system for big industries are innovative WA ideas that are fast becoming reality.

CUTTING edge computing centre iVEC has partnered with Central TAFE and Atlas Copco to present a seminar aimed at demystifying computerised training simulators and educating industry as to their value in training staff.

WESTERN Australia is poised to lead the country in the underground storage of greenhouse gases emitted by power stations and offshore oil and gas facilities, CSIRO scientists say.

ScienceNetwork WA has invited leading scientists, environmentalists and oil and gas producers in Australia to comment on the future of geosequestration, and Western Australia's ability to safely store greenhouse gases deep underground. Here’s what they had to say:

ADVANCES in natural gas recovery technology could soon signal a new era in gas production for WA.