Australia

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February 23, 2018
Two of the world’s biggest energy producers have abandoned the sale of some of Australia’s oldest oil fields after running a 20-month sales process.
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February 20, 2018
Wood has been awarded the brownfield engineering services contract for the INPEX-operated Ichthys offshore facilities, located 220 km off the coast of Western Australia and onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facilities in Darwin, Northern Territory.
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February 15, 2018
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) is supporting the Transforming Australia Subsea Equipment Reliability (TASER) project, led by Wood and in collaboration with Chevron, Shell and Woodside, by providing AUD $145,000 of funding over two years.
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February 14, 2018
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum finally got what it wanted from Exxon Mobil. And it only cost $744 million.
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February 2018
With the recovery definitely underway, Evercore ISI predicts global E&P spending to rise 7% in 2018 following a 4% increase in 2017 and a 33% decline in 2016.
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January 17, 2018
Commencing March 2018, Maersk Master and Maersk Mariner, Maersk Supply Service’s two first Starfish-class anchor handling vessels built in 2017, will be on contract with Quadrant Energy in Western Australia.
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January 11, 2018
Beach Energy Ltd. has announced a new gas field discovery at Haselgrove-3 ST1 in the onshore Otway basin, in South Australia. Flow test results from the primary target Sawpit Sandstone indicate a high deliverability reservoir and provide encouragement to move towards commercialization of a large gas resource.
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January 08, 2018
UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has been awarded a contract by Technip Oceania Pty Ltd, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, to provide survey and positioning services on the Greater Enfield Project, offshore Western Australia.
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December 21, 2017
Eni has acquired the whole 32.5% interest from Shell Australia Proprietary Limited (Shell) in Evans Shoal gas field, and has become the Operator of the Retention Lease NT/RL7 located in the north Bonaparte basin, offshore Northern Australia.
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December 19, 2017
Wood has been awarded two new contracts by Woodside to deliver engineering and rig modification services offshore Australia and a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project.
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December 12, 2017
ABB will provide Woodside, Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company, with a PowerStore Battery storage system that is capable of remote management of operations and service. The system will be installed on the Goodwyn A platform.
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December 12, 2017
Santos today entered an agreement to partially fund and operate a 3D seismic survey over the exciting, undrilled Beehive prospect, earning the company a farm-in option for WA-488-P in the Bonaparte basin, offshore Western Australia.
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December 11, 2017
Woodside Energy has awarded ICON Engineering a scope of works providing subsea rig interfaces for the Greater Enfield oil development project.
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December 08, 2017
Polarcus Limited has announced that the Company has secured significant industry prefunding and has been granted the environmental permit for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Australia.
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December 07, 2017
Delmar Systems Pty, LTD has purchased a new mooring equipment storage yard and base facility at Karratha in Western Australia.
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November 16, 2017
A bid for Santos Ltd. may trigger counter offers for the Australian oil and gas producer that has stakes in some of the world’s cheapest liquefied natural gas.
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November 13, 2017
Shell’s subsidiary, Shell Energy Holdings Australia Limited (SEHAL), has entered into an underwriting agreement with two investment banks, for the sale of 71.6 million shares in Woodside, representing 64.0% of its interest in Woodside and 8.5% of the issued capital in Woodside.
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October 19, 2017
Pilot Energy is pleased to announce that the WA-507-P Joint Venture (Pilot Energy, 80%) has resolved to market for sale an unencumbered 100% interest in the permit, WA-507-P. The sale will allow Pilot to focus on its Perth basin interests.
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October 16, 2017
Global engineering and maintenance services provider, EnerMech, has been awarded a five-year contract for hose and hose fittings supply and services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG Facility in Western Australia.
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October 12, 2017
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is leading a joint industry project (JIP), supported by the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), to provide industry with a better understanding of the mechanism of hydrate growth and blockages.
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