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June 14, 2017
Santos today announced positive production well test results from the Muruk 1ST3 exploration well in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Highlands.
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June 13, 2017
Wood Group has secured a $6-million contract with Woodside to support the execution of phase two of their Greater Western Flank (GWF-2) project, on the North West Shelf (NWS), offshore Western Australia.
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June 09, 2017
Statoil has signed a swap agreement with BP and has been granted regulatory approval to take over two exploration permits and extend its work program in the Great Australian Bight.
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June 07, 2017
TechnipFMC has entered into a three-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy in Australia for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) and subsea services, including intervention, installation, and plug and abandonment services.
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May 22, 2017
Cooper Energy has announced that Callawonga-14, an appraisal and development well drilled by the PEL 92 Joint Venture in PPL 220, has been cased and suspended as a future oil producer.
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May 16, 2017
Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas plant shut a production train for about a month, at least the eighth outage since operations started 14 months ago.
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May 15, 2017
Exxon Mobil Corporation has announced positive results on the Muruk-1 sidetrack well in the Papua New Guinea North Highlands, 13 mi (21 km) northwest of the Hides gas field.
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May 15, 2017
Missing out on Australia’s natural gas export boom may be the best thing that happened to Arrow Energy Ltd.
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May 15, 2017
Santos has announced further positive results from the Muruk-1 exploration well, being drilled in the Papua New Guinea Highlands.
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May 05, 2017
Origin Energy Limited has announced it had increased to 70% its share in the Beetaloo JV, after acquiring Sasol Petroleum Australia Limited’s 35% share.
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April 26, 2017
Engineering teams from UK-based subsea connector specialists Hydratight and Norwegian technologists Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) have completed a major deepwater pipeline repair in Western Australia.
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April 18, 2017
Australia’s competition regulator said the possible sale of natural gas intended for the country’s domestic market to overseas customers instead must be reviewed amid high wholesale prices at home.
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April 17, 2017
The state of Queensland may expand the amount of land available for gas exploration to overcome looming gas shortages and high prices on the east coast of Australia.
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April 06, 2017
Origin Energy Ltd., Australia’s largest electricity company, will formally seek bids for its conventional oil and gas assets while continuing preparations for an initial public offering of the unit, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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March 28, 2017
Sparrows Group has secured a three-year contract to deliver fixed crane maintenance and lifting and rigging services for the INPEX-operated Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia.
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March 21, 2017
EnerMech has been awarded a pre-commissioning subcontract by Technip Oceania Pty Ltd, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, on the Shell Australia-operated Prelude FLNG project.
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March 21, 2017
Chevron Corp. has signaled the end of major new LNG projects in Western Australia and is unlikely to sanction an expansion of its Gorgon and Wheatstone export developments as it focuses on boosting returns from $88 billion of investment.
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March 17, 2017
Senex Energy has today announced it will accelerate the delivery of gas from its Vanessa field in the Cooper basin with the approval of $5.82 million in funding through the South Australian Government’s PACE Gas Grant Program.
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March 15, 2017
Oil and gas executives have pledged to boost domestic gas production in Australia as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seeks to bridge a supply shortfall threatening the nation’s energy security.
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March 07, 2017
After splurging $200 billion building the world’s biggest gas export plants, producers in Australia are now locked in legal battles with contractors over who should shoulder billions of dollars in liabilities sparked by delays and cost blow-outs.
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March 06, 2017
Less than three years after it began sending one of its most precious resources overseas, Papua New Guinea’s future may be determined by how much of it stays at home.
