About the Editor-in-Chief

Elinor Alexander has almost 40 years’ experience as a petroleum/energy resource geologist and most recently as an executive in the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining. She holds a BSc(Hons) specialising in geology from the University of Adelaide.

She serves as:

• Chairman of the Federal Board of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (Energy Geoscience) and
• Co-chair Australian Energy Producers Technical Program Committee.

She is a member of the Geological Society of Australia (GSA), Society for Economic Palaeontologists and Minerals, International Association of Sedimentologists, PESA and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. She is a past president of PESA (SA branch) and was awarded a PESA Meritorious Service Medal in 2001. In 2023, Elinor was awarded the Bruce Webb Medal by the SA Division of the GSA for leadership that has advanced the earth sciences and contributed to the advance of knowledge within the earth sciences in South Australia.

After a 40-year career in government, in October 2024 Elinor established a consultancy business focussed on policy development and energy geoscience.

Co-Editor-in-Chief
Elinor Alexander
Australian Energy Producers Journal
c/o CSIRO Publishing
Locked Bag 10
Clayton South VIC 3169
Australia
Telephone +[61 3] 9545 8390
Fax +[61 3] 9545 8578
Email publishing.ep@csiro.au

Nathan Parker has over 25 years' experience in the upstream petroleum industry working across exploration and development. He has held both technical and management roles both internationally and across Australia. He holds a BSc (Applied Geology) from UNSW and an MBA from Curtin University.
He serves as:

• Co-chair of the Australian Energy Producers Technical Program Committee
• Federal President of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) (2019-2021)
• President of Queensland Petroleum Exploration (QUPEX) society (2024).

Co-Editor-in-Chief
Nathan Parker
Australian Energy Producers Journal
c/o CSIRO Publishing
Locked Bag 10
Clayton South VIC 3169
Australia
Telephone +[61 3] 9545 8390
Fax +[61 3] 9545 8578
Email publishing.ep@csiro.au