Australasia
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February 26, 2018
Exxon Mobil has shut production platforms and a processing plant in the highlands of natural gas exporter Papua New Guinea after an earthquake struck the Pacific nation.
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February 23, 2018
Two of the world’s biggest energy producers have abandoned the sale of some of Australia’s oldest oil fields after running a 20-month sales process.
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February 20, 2018
Wood has been awarded the brownfield engineering services contract for the INPEX-operated Ichthys offshore facilities, located 220 km off the coast of Western Australia and onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facilities in Darwin, Northern Territory.
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February 15, 2018
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) is supporting the Transforming Australia Subsea Equipment Reliability (TASER) project, led by Wood and in collaboration with Chevron, Shell and Woodside, by providing AUD $145,000 of funding over two years.
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February 14, 2018
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum finally got what it wanted from Exxon Mobil. And it only cost $744 million.
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January 17, 2018
Commencing March 2018, Maersk Master and Maersk Mariner, Maersk Supply Service’s two first Starfish-class anchor handling vessels built in 2017, will be on contract with Quadrant Energy in Western Australia.
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January 15, 2018
ExxonMobil today announced that it encountered hydrocarbons after drilling the onshore P’nyang South-2 well, located in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.
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January 11, 2018
Beach Energy Ltd. has announced a new gas field discovery at Haselgrove-3 ST1 in the onshore Otway basin, in South Australia. Flow test results from the primary target Sawpit Sandstone indicate a high deliverability reservoir and provide encouragement to move towards commercialization of a large gas resource.
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January 08, 2018
UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has been awarded a contract by Technip Oceania Pty Ltd, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, to provide survey and positioning services on the Greater Enfield Project, offshore Western Australia.
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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.
