Gas
- 21 January 2021
Morrison deals with LNG exporters
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has signed an agreement with Australian LNG exporters that will see uncontracted gas offered to the domestic market first.
Read more - 19 January 2021
LCK awards engineering contracts
Leigh Creek Energy (LCK) has awarded two engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) contracts for the development of its coal gasification project.
Read more - 18 January 2021
Record LNG production expected to continue
EnergyQuest estimates Australia exported a record 78.0 Mt of LNG in 2020, a production level it expects will continue in 2021.
Read more - 12 January 2021
FID made on Bayu-Undan
Santos has announced a final investment decision (FID) on the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field offshore Timor-Leste.
Read more - 11 January 2021
Strike launches urea project
Strike Energy is aiming to construct an ammonia and urea manufacturing facility that would process natural gas from its Perth Basin resources.
Read more - 8 January 2021
Featured APGA Member: Maxibor
Maxibor is a leading provider of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) design and installation services across numerous sectors around Australia.
Read more - 7 January 2021
450km gas pipeline opens in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has officially opened GAIL’s 450 km Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline.
Read more - 4 January 2021
Port Kembla LNG on the fast track
Jemena has received prioritised planning approval to develop a new gas connection to the proposed LNG import terminal at Port Kembla.
Read more - 4 January 2021
Chevron blames manufacturing for Gorgon
Gorgon LNG could be in for further shutdowns as project operator Chevron said the issues with its second train were a result of manufacturing issues.
Read more - 4 January 2021
Santos delays Barossa FID
Santos says it will not make a final investment decision (FID) on the Barossa project until economic conditions improve.
Read more - 4 January 2021
JV to build $61m pipeline
Joint venture (JV) partners Spiecapag and Seymour Whyte will construct a new water pipeline on the Central Coast.
Read more - 4 January 2021
Chevron submits Gorgon expansion EP
Chevron has filed an environment plan (EP) with Australia’s offshore regulator for the installation of new subsea infrastructure for Gorgon Stage 2 (GS2).
Read more - 4 January 2021
Green light for next Ichthys stage
Australia’s offshore regulator has approved construction of the next stage of INPEX’s Ichthys LNG Project.
Read more - 15 December 2020
Valmec wins $100m contract
Valmec has secured a five-year services agreement with Origin Energy valued at more than $100 million.
Read more - 15 December 2020
Beach permitted for more gas testing
Beach Energy will carry out more production tests to determine the size of a gas resource offshore Victoria.
Read more - 13 December 2020
Featured APGA Member: Wasco Energy Group
Wasco provides full EPC delivery of upstream projects using its in-house resources and partner specialist services.
Read more - 10 December 2020
AEMO: WA gas supply sufficient until 2028
New analysis from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said Western Australian gas supply and demand is expected to tighten up in 2027 and 2028.
Read more - 8 December 2020
STATS grows with Santos
STATS Group has been awarded a significant pipeline isolation services contract by Santos.
Read more - 8 December 2020
Viva engages partners for energy hub
Viva Energy has entered memorandums of understand (MOU) with two partners for the development of an LNG regasification terminal at its Geelong refinery site.
Read more - 8 December 2020
Santos, Mitsubishi sign Barossa deal
Santos has signed a supply and purchase agreement (SPA) with a Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary for the supply of LNG from Barossa.
Read more - 8 December 2020
Blue and EnergyAustralia sign supply deal
Blue Energy and EnergyAustralia have executed a non-binding heads of agreement (HoA) for the supply of gas from Blue’s Bowen Basin CSG tenure.
Read more - 5 December 2020
Woodside delivers seismic results in hours
Woodside has used large-scale computing on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure to acquire seismic results “about 150 times faster” than normal.
Read more - 5 December 2020
Exploration expenditure rises back up
New statistics show petroleum exploration expenditure in Australia rose by approximately 4 per cent in the 2020 September quarter.
Read more - 30 November 2020
APA invests $460m in WA pipeline
The 580 km, 12-inch (304 mm) pipeline will connect emerging gas fields in the Perth Basin to the Goldfields region, forming a Western Australian gas grid.
Read more - 30 November 2020
AIE and Jemena sign gas pipeline deal
Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jemena for a major gas investment project.
Read more - 29 November 2020
Narrabri wins federal approval
Federal Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley has approved Santos’ $3.6 billion Narrabri Gas Project under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
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