Joanne King
Symposium Co-Chair
Lead Wells Engineer
Esso Australia
We look forward to welcoming you and your peers to the event from
11–12 November 2025 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia
Day One Highlights
Opening Session
0830–0915 hours | River View Room 5, Level 2
Executive Plenary Session
A Life-Cycle Approach: Successes and Challenges
0915–1030 hours | River View Room 5, Level 2
Nicholas Pantin
Executive Vice President
Well Services
Archer
Bill Easson
Managing Director
DXP Energy Solutions
Tim Woods
Wells Manager - Australia & PNG
ExxonMobil
Josie Fourie
Head of Wells Australia
Woodside Energy
Panel Session 1
Implementing the Well Life Cycle in Decommissioning and Well P&A
1100–1230 hours | River View Room 5, Level 2
Francis Norman
CEO and Managing Director
Centre of Decommissioning
Australia (CODA)
Janet Mignano
Principal and Director
JJM Consultancy Pty Ltd
Tom Barratt
Chief Wells and CCS Officer
NOPSEMA
Kingsley Wood
Vice President, Australia
Vantris Energy
(Formally Sapura Energy)
Special Sessions
Special Session 1
Asset Economics, Creating Resilience
(value) in Well Decommissioning
1400–1530 hours | River View Room 5, Level 2
Featured Presentations:
- Establishing an Integrated Geoscience Workflow to Optimise Well Plug and Abandonments in the Gippsland Basin
- Multi-Asset Economics in Well Decommissioning
Special Session 2
Optimising P&A Operations through
Innovation, Integration, and Field Learning
1600–1730 hours | River View Room 5, Level 2
Featured Presentations:
- Simplified Surface Casing Recovery Technique for Enhanced PNA Operation
- Efficient Execution of Offshore Plug and Abandonment (P&A) in Malaysia: Overcoming Subsurface Challenges Through Integrated Risk Management and Collaboration
- Using Winchless Dynamic Un-Spooling Fibre Optic DTS and Raw DAS Data Corroboration to Diagnose Sustained Casing Pressure Source in an Australia Land Well
- Annulus Wash and Cement Assurance for Reliable Barrier Placement: Integrating Field Learning in P&A Operations
Technical Sessions
1100–1730 hours | River View Room 5, Level 2
3 sessions with 12 presentations covering topics such as:
- Best Practices, Lessons Learnt and Technological Breakthroughs: Decommissioning Execution
- Emerging Challenges: Establishing a Circular Economy and Waste Streams
- Optimising the Decommissioning Planning and Execution Process
