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April 10, 2016
Oil & Gas technology company, LWP Technologies Limited, is pleased to report very positive results from the ongoing fly-ash test work being undertaken at the Company’s Brisbane-based pilot plant.
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April 06, 2016
Chevron Corp. temporarily halted output at its $54-billion Gorgon LNG project in Australia due to mechanical problems just two weeks after making the first shipment to Japan.
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April 05, 2016
Wood Group has acquired SVT Engineering Consultants (SVT) based in Australia. This acquisition marks a significant step for Wood Group in providing a global vibration, dynamics and noise (VDN) engineering service line.
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March 30, 2016
Xodus Group’s Intelligent Monitoring service is being used by Woodside to create surveillance tools for its North West Shelf assets.
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March 29, 2016
ABB has won a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG, the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, the largest floating facility ever built.
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March 23, 2016
The participants in the Browse LNG project will not proceed with the development at this time given the current economic and market environment, operator Woodside said Wednesday.
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March 21, 2016
Chevron Corporation’s first shipment of LNG from the Gorgon project has departed Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia.
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March 18, 2016
AWE Limited has named David Biggs as its new CEO and managing director, the Sydney-based company said Friday. Biggs, who will assume his new role in May, succeeds current CEO Bruce Clement.
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March 11, 2016
Technology company Tracerco, part of the FTSE 100 Johnson Matthey Plc, has been helping customers to achieve savings of as much as 20% in reservoir stimulation costs through their smart tracer technology.
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March 07, 2016
Chevron has started producing LNG and condensate at the Gorgon Project on Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The first LNG cargo is expected to be shipped next week.
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March 03, 2016
Santos has completed the sale of its non-operated interest in Kipper gas field, the Adelaide-based company said Thursday.
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March 03, 2016
Xodus Group has delivered a new integrated production modeling simulation suite for Origin to run complex scheduling scenarios for the Australia Pacific LNG project.
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March 01, 2016
Origin Energy Ltd. has signed a non-binding heads of agreement with ENN LNG Trading Company Ltd. for the supply of 500,000 tonnes of LNG per year for a period of five years. By mutual agreement, the parties have the ability to extend the supply period by an additional five years.
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February 29, 2016
The Board of Woodside has appointed Ann Pickard as a non-executive director, effective Feb. 29, 2016.
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February 29, 2016
MEO Australia Limited has announced it has executed a Private Placement Agreement (PPA) with London listed Leni Gas Cuba Limited to raise $1.4 million, with funds to be used to advance MEO’s exploration program on the company’s newly awarded 2,380 km2 onshore oil block, Block 9 in Cuba.
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February 26, 2016
PERTH, Australia -- Tracerco has brought its technology to the Australasia region, permanently basing their equipment at their Western Australia facility in Perth.
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February 25, 2016
Hydratight has invented yet another viable alternative to welding, which was officially launched at the Australasian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG) on Thursday, Feb. 25.
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February 22, 2016
Woodside has awarded Wood Group a contract to provide the detailed design of the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) flowline system. The GWF-2 project is located on the North West Shelf, offshore Western Australia.
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February 18, 2016
Wood Group is calling for expressions of interest from technology vendors to support a joint industry project (JIP), which aims to reduce subsea equipment failures in Australia and provide a recommended practice for the subsea industry.
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February 17, 2016
Statoil has agreed to acquire a 30% working interest in New Zealand’s Petroleum Exploration Permit (PEP) 57073 from OMV.
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February 05, 2016
BHP Billiton Petroleum has awarded Fugro a contract for the Pyrenees phase 3 installation project.
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