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January 26, 2017
A subsidiary of TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with INPEX Operations Australia for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) services in Ichthys field, approximately 220 km offshore Western Australia, for the Ichthys LNG Project.
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January 19, 2017
Searcher Seismic, in conjunction with project partner CGG, has commenced the PSDM reprocessing of ~1,668 km2 of 3D seismic data in the Carnarvon basin, Western Australia.
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January 18, 2017
Asia-Pacific's upstream sector holds up to $40 billion worth of opportunities in 2017 as oil majors continue to divest mature and mid-life assets in the region, according to a research by Wood Mackenzie.
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January 13, 2017
LEIDSCHENDAM, The Netherlands -- Fugro has been awarded a contract from INPEX Operations Australia for subsea services to be executed across the Ichthys facilities in the Timor Sea, located approximately 220 km from the coast of Western Australia.
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January 11, 2017
Proserv and SapuraKencana Technology Sdn Bhd (SK Technology), a wholly owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, are joining forces to provide enhanced technology services to clients in Asia Pacific.
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December 29, 2016
Exxon Mobil has reported a new natural gas discovery in the Papua New Guinea North Highlands, 13 miles (21 kilometers) northwest of Hides gas field.
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December 22, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s offer to raise its bid for InterOil Corp. to as high as $3.9 billion isn’t enough to pacify the deal’s most prominent opponent. Exxon Mobil Corp.’s offer to raise its bid for InterOil Corp. to as high as $3.9 billion isn’t enough to pacify the deal’s most prominent opponent.
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December 15, 2016
Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia. This contract will provide multi-disciplinary engineering and design services in support of the Prelude FLNG project, and will allow the delivery of brownfield engineering scope as the project moves into operations.
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December 12, 2016
EnerMech has been awarded its first contract by Subsea 7 in the Australian oil and gas market.
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December 09, 2016
CHC Group has announced that three new Sikorsky S-92 aircraft will begin serving Shell for the company’s Prelude FLNG project from its base in Broome, Australia.
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December 02, 2016
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a sizeable contract by Woodside Energy Ltd for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 Project, offshore Australia. The Greater Western Flank is located on the North West Shelf of Australia, 60 km southwest of the Goodwyn Alpha (GWA) platform. The contract scope comprises the subsea tie-back of adjacent fields to the GWA platform, including the installation of manifolds, umbilicals and spool pieces, together with the pre-commissioning of the system.
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November 24, 2016
OMV New Zealand, the operator of Maari oil field, has ceased oil production and is de-manning the Maari wellhead platform (WHP) as a precautionary measure while it deals with a crack found in one of the platform’s horizontal struts.
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November 22, 2016
Beach Energy Limited and Cooper Energy Limited have announced that Penneshaw-1, an oil exploration well located in PR L 87 on the western flank of the Cooper basin, South Australia, spudded on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 at 00:15 hours.
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November 22, 2016
Veolia has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract for the supply of the customized water flood water treatment system on the Ngujima-Yin Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility that will operate in Woodside’s Greater Enfield Area Development fields, offshore northwest Australia.
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November 15, 2016
Woodside has completed its acquisition of half of BHP Billiton’s Scarborough area assets in the Carnarvon basin, located offshore Western Australia.
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October 21, 2016
Santos, the Australian oil and gas company, reported an 11% rise in third-quarter sales due to a boost in production.
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October 19, 2016
Successful Well Test in Bedout Basin Offshore Western Australia
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October 14, 2016
Statoil has informed the New Zealand Government of its decision to stop looking for oil and gas in the Reinga basin.
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October 13, 2016
BP picked up new offshore Australia gas fields to expand supply options for the North West Shelf LNG venture.
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October 12, 2016
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. has announced that Origin Energy Resources Limited, the company's Joint Venture partner, has submitted a notification of discovery and an initial report on discovery to the Department of Primary Industry and Resources (DPIR) of the Northern Territory, Australia on the A mungee NW - 1H well in the Beetaloo basin, Australia.
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October 12, 2016
Searcher Seismic has commenced acquisition of the 11,000 km Hahonua 2D seismic survey offshore Papua New Guinea.
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