Australasia
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April 11, 2024
Both Macedon and Pyrenees will remain within the Australian operations portfolio and focus on maintaining safety and production performance. Both assets help ensure energy security and reliability of natural gas supplies in Western Australia.
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March 26, 2024
The SS-1H well in EP117 achieved an average 60-day initial production (IP60) flow rate of 3 MMcfd over the 1,644-foot (501 m), 10 stage stimulated length within the Amungee Member B-Shale, normalized to 6 MMcfd over 3,281-ft (1,000 m).
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February 13, 2024
Investors have been looking for clues on Woodside’s next move after talks to create a A$86 billion ($56 billion) company with Santos ended. Santos’s portfolio would have made Woodside one of the biggest LNG producers in the Asia-Pacific, but executives warned any deal would need to reflect low premiums in recent oil and gas transactions.
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February 07, 2024
Woodside Energy Group Ltd. and Santos Ltd. have ended tie-up talks that would have created an Australian gas export powerhouse, leaving the smaller Adelaide-based producer under pressure to consider asset sales and other options to boost its lagging valuation.
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February 05, 2024
Australia’s oil and gas industry has called on the government to use the Federal Budget to urgently unlock new gas supply to avoid forecast shortages, put downward pressure on prices and secure the economic and emissions reduction benefits of the country's abundant natural gas resources.
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January 26, 2024
The subsea infrastructure development project included engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of umbilicals, risers and flowlines (URF), a subsea production system comprised of a new 7-inch (approximately 18 centimeters) vertical Christmas tree (VXT) system, all forming a subsea well gathering system (GS4) tied back to the existing Ichthys Explorer central processing facility.
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January 24, 2024
Perth-based Woodside forecasts production of 185 MMboe to 195 MMboe in 2024, of which about 45% of output will be LNG.
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December 18, 2023
The Barossa Development Drilling and Completions Environment Plan (EP) was accepted by the regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.
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December 07, 2023
The Santos-Woodside discussions also illustrate the growing importance of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the industry, as executives expect the fuel to be needed for decades in Asia as part of the energy transition.
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November 27, 2023
The planned program, to be conducted by Condor Energy Service, includes 10 stimulation stages within the Amungee Member B-shale over a 500-meter horizontal section of SS1H.
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November 22, 2023
(WO) — Santos and energy infrastructure business, APA Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the potential development of CO2 infrastructure throughout eastern Australia.
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November 21, 2023
(WO) — McDermott has been awarded a sizeable engineering, procurement, removal and disposal contract by Santos. The offshore decommissioning award is for the full removal and disposal of the Campbell platform structure, which is part of the Varanus Island Hub offshore infrastructure in Western Australia.
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November 21, 2023
(WO) — Sparrows Group, a global maintenance and engineering services specialist, has secured a significant contract to provide crane maintenance services for the ExxonMobil PNG LNG project.
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November 15, 2023
(WO) — Santos and joint venture partner Beach Energy have secured significant additional carbon storage acreage by being awarded a Gas Storage Retention license southwest of Moomba.
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October 17, 2023
Workers accepted Chevron’s proposed settlement Tuesday on pay and working conditions and will not move forward with a labor action planned for Thursday, according to a statement from the Offshore Alliance union group.
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October 16, 2023
The A3H well was drilled, cased and cemented to a total measured depth (“TD”) of 3,837 m, including a horizontal section of 1,100 m in the Amungee Member B-shale.
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October 09, 2023
Workers at Chevron Corp.’s liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia gave notice Monday to resume strikes, a move that could disrupt supplies and send prices higher.
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October 06, 2023
A spokesperson for Chevron Australia said the company has consistently engaged in an effort to finalize the agreements and will continue to do so.
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September 22, 2023
Workers accepted a proposed settlement on pay and conditions put forward by the country’s labor regulator and will suspend industrial action, the Offshore Alliance, a grouping of two major unions, confirmed Friday in a statement.
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September 21, 2023
If the unions also endorse the agreement, then it would end industrial action at the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG facilities that has roiled global gas markets.
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September 18, 2023
Scheduled LNG deliveries from the Wheatstone gas facility were not impacted by a fault that occurred on Sept. 14 and domestic supply was also unaffected, the company said Monday in a statement.
