Australasia
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October 14, 2024
Woodside Energy has announced the successful completion of the installation of the Scarborough Energy Project trunkline which will transport offshore gas to the onshore Pluto LNG processing facility in Karratha.
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September 10, 2024
C-5H will be operator Empire Energy’s longest drilled and stimulated horizontal shale well and will target a ~3,000 m horizontal section and ~60 fracture stimulation stages. C-5H will integrate the best completion practices from North American shale analogues and incorporate learnings from Carpentaria-2H and Carpentaria-3H.
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September 04, 2024
Under a contract awarded to McDermott in January 2024 by Santos, the company provided engineering, procurement, removal, and transportation of the platform topsides, substructure, and associated items to an onshore facility for dismantling and disposal.
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August 21, 2024
Sentinel Subsea was selected by a major client to support the decommissioning of subsea assets in collaboration with Baker Hughes. This project successfully deployed two WellSentinel Coral systems that enable the continuous monitoring of temporary suspended wells in the remote field.
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August 19, 2024
The Scarborough Energy Project has all primary environmental approvals in place, and offshore work is progressing well. The Federal Court proceedings sought an injunction to stop offshore activities for the Scarborough Energy Project. The parties have agreed to seek orders from the Court to dismiss the proceedings.
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August 14, 2024
As Australia shifts towards renewable energy, optimizing existing gas production fields remains crucial to meeting rising global energy demands.
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August 13, 2024
Construction on SGP North is scheduled to begin later this year, with infrastructure to include up to 450 new gas production wells, a new field compression station, 27km of pipeline, and road and infrastructure upgrades over two phases.
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August 05, 2024
ASCO mobilized two radiation safety officers (RSOs) as well as NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) and mercury monitoring and analysis equipment to the OMSB site. The RSOs delivered on-site training for NORM awareness, and monitoring for various hazards such as benzene, H2S (hydrogen sulphide) with a particular focus on NORM and mercury.
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July 15, 2024
Wood has secured a six-year contract to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in Western Australia.
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July 04, 2024
State-owned Aramco and ADNOC have been conducting preliminary evaluations of Santos as a possible acquisition target, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The Middle Eastern energy giants are investing billions of dollars in natural gas, which is seen as an important bridge fuel in the energy transition, especially in Asia.
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July 02, 2024
Wood will deliver a comprehensive concept study for the Greater Sunrise Development, considering engineering, technology, financing, commercial structures, fiscal, environmental, health & safety and socioeconomic drivers including local content.
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June 30, 2024
Under the multi-year services frame agreement, Baker Hughes will provide spare parts and field service resources for onsite turbomachinery equipment maintenance and upgrades, equipment refurbishment and advanced digital asset performance services.
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June 02, 2024
Mineral Resources Development Company Limited (“MRDC”) and Twinza Oil Limited (“Twinza”) have obtained all internal approvals and executed a series of binding agreements for MRDC to take an up to 50% Participating Interest in the Pasca A Development Project. Additionally, the companies agreed to cooperate in the acquisition and development of other oil and gas assets in Papua New Guinea.
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May 30, 2024
The loan for the Scarborough project, which is scheduled to deliver its first LNG shipment in 2026, will come from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The public financial institution has stepped-up efforts to secure LNG, including granting loans for fuel purchases.
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May 09, 2024
The government released a long-term framework, called the Future Gas Strategy, on Thursday to establish natural gas’s role in the transition to cleaner energy, as it looks to meet a target for net zero by 2050.
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May 01, 2024
The SABER Tool, based on a concept originally designed by Shell, deploys a unique internally directed fluid pressure differential system for steering rather than using pads or pistons. B
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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.
