Australasia
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August 08, 2018
Santos today announced the Barikewa-3 well, located in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) onshore Forelands region, intersected 25 m of net gas pay within the Toro and Hedinia reservoir objectives.
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August 06, 2018
After partnering for three decades at Australia’s oldest LNG export plant, Woodside and Chevron are competing to shape the next phase of the country’s gas development.
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July 30, 2018
The Ichthys LNG Project reached a major milestone on July 27, with the opening of the first offshore production well, marking the start of 40 years of operations of this gas and condensate field.
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July 26, 2018
TechnipFMC has been awarded a subsea installation contract by Chevron Australia, for the Gorgon Stage Two development, located offshore Western Australia in water depths ranging from 250 to 1,340 m.
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July 24, 2018
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited confirms that the Quadrant-Carnarvon Joint Venture has completed additional wireline evaluation since the last update, on July 18. The results have confirmed the oil discovery in the Caley Member and have confirmed the presence of gas and condensate in the top of the Baxter Member that was drilled into to enable the evaluation of the Caley Member.
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July 19, 2018
The world’s biggest oilfield-service companies may have finally found something to talk about beyond the U.S. shale boom.
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July 12, 2018
Maersk Supply Service has successfully completed the tow of a semisubmersible from Las Palmas to North-Western Australia. The tow was carried out by new-build Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel Maersk Master of the Starfish series, whose energy efficient design minimized fuel costs during transit.
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July 2018
Akofs Offshore has been awarded a contract for light well intervention services, using its 156-m vessel, Akofs Seafarer, for all Equinor-operated licenses, in the period 2020 to 2025.
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June 28, 2018
Petrofac's Engineering and Production Services business has strengthened its presence in Australasia following the award of a Well Project Management contract from Tamarind Taranki Ltd (Tamarind).
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June 25, 2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company has been awarded a substantial contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. for the supply of subsea production equipment, under a 15-year Master Service Order (MSO), with a second contract for well completion equipment.
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June 18, 2018
Santos announced further progress on the front end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the Barossa offshore project with the award of three major engineering contracts.
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June 08, 2018
Searcher Seismic has announced the expansion of its modern, high-quality and exploration focused seismic, magnetic and geochemical focused production offerings offshore Papua New Guinea with the completion of the Laurabada UltracubeTM 3D reprocessing project.
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June 04, 2018
In April 2018, the New Zealand government announced that it would no longer grant new offshore oil and gas exploration permits. According to leading data and analytics company GlobalData, the suspension of new offshore licensing is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the oil or gas sector, but does signal the possibility of increased restrictions in the future.
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May 31, 2018
Santos and its GLNG Partners will invest more than A$400 million in the 137-well Arcadia gas project in the Bowen basin, in Queensland’s Central Highlands region.
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May 23, 2018
The tiny, impoverished nation of Papua New Guinea came out on the short end of a $19-billion development with ExxonMobil Corp. to build one of Asia-Pacific’s biggest energy projects. But as the company pushes to expand the venture, the government is vowing that round two may require a much bigger payday for the locals.
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May 22, 2018
Santos Ltd. rejected Harbour Energy Ltd.’s $10.9-billion final offer and terminated talks, saying its proposal was too low and too risky.
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May 21, 2018
Harbour Energy Ltd. made a final sweetened bid of $10.9 billion for Santos Ltd., claiming support from the Australian oil and gas producer’s biggest shareholders.
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May 17, 2018
The Directors of UIL Energy Ltd. have announced the progress achieved at Walyering gas field, located in the southern part of EP447, in Australia's Perth basin.
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May 16, 2018
The energy industry in Australia, looking back on an era of waste and profligacy, is now preaching the gospel of thrift and collaboration as it tries to attract more investment in an age of fiscal discipline.
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May 15, 2018
The gas market is being flipped upside down.
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April 23, 2018
Santos has announced that agreement has been reached with our joint venture partners to enter the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the development of the Barossa project to backfill Darwin LNG (DLNG).
