Steve Moss

Ph.D. in Sedimentology & Basin Analysis (1992) from University of Durham, U.K. into “Burial diagenesis, organic maturation and tectonic loading in the French Subalpine Chains, S.E. France”.  Four years post-doctoral with the Royal Holloway based, industry funded Southeast Asia Research Group.  Lectureship in Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology in the School of Applied Geology at Curtin University.  Joined petroleum industry in 1997.  Worked for Santos, Apache, Woodside Energy Ltd (Middle East and Africa team), ENI Australia, IKODA Pty Ltd and Robertson Research Australia Pty Ltd on numerous exploration, appraisal and development projects.  

Involved in drilling of over 65 exploration/appraisal/development wells in Australia to date from rank wildcat to nearfield exploration and also appraisal/development opportunities. Involved in the discovery and appraisal of numerous oil and gas fields.

Geographic experience includes: Carnarvon, Browse, Bonaparte, Otway, Gippsland, Canning, Cooper/Eromanga, Great Australian Bight Basins (all Australian), Taranaki, Great South, East Coast Basins (all New Zealand), Mahakam Delta/Makassar Straits, Madura, Sumatran basins (all Indonesian), Sarawak, Sabah, Sandakan (Malaysia), Eastern Indonesia, SE Asia regionally, deepwater basins in Gambia, Senegal & Guinea-Bissau co-operation zone and Ghana (all West African) and Lamu Basin (offshore Kenya).

Thirty publications in international refereed journals on sedimentology, diagenesis, basin analysis and structural geology.  Co-Editor of the 2002 West Australian Basins III Symposium Volume and CD, 2013 West Australian Basins IV Symposium CD, 2019 West Australian Basins V Symposium.

Awarded APPEA Best Paper (Exploration and Production) Award at the APPEA Conference 2003. Recipient of the PESA Meritorious Service Award.