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  • ### QPME proud of growth and safety achievements at Moranbah Project

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    QPME prioritises growth and safety at Moranbah Project

    In the three months since assuming operatorship of the Moranbah Project, QPM Energy (QPME) has focused on maintaining safe and stable operations while implementing a series of production optimisation and improv... more

  • Santos delays FID for Narrabri gas project until 2025

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    Santos delays FID for Narrabri gas project until 2025

    Santos has announced in its latest ASX investor update that a final investment decision (FID) on its Narrabri gas project will not take place until 2025. This comes after the Australian federal government re... more

  • Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal

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    Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal

    A subsidiary of ExxonMobil Australia — Mobil Oil Australia — is investing in additional fuel storage infrastructure at its Melbourne terminal, as it hopes to support Australia’s fuel security and cement t... more

  • APA and Santos to explore development of potential CCS pipelines

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    APA and Santos to explore development of CCS pipelines

    APA Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Santos to explore the development of potential carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipelines for their Moomba CCS facility. The scope of the MoU is ... more

  • QPME prioritises growth and safety at Moranbah Project
    29 Nov, 2023
  • Santos delays FID for Narrabri gas project until 2025
    23 Nov, 2023
  • Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal
    23 Nov, 2023
  • APA and Santos to explore development of CCS pipelines
    22 Nov, 2023
### QPME proud of growth and safety achievements at Moranbah Project

QPME prioritises growth and safety at Moranbah Project

In the three months since assuming operatorship of the Moranbah Project, QPM Energy (QPME) has focused on maintaining safe and stable operations while implementing a series of production optimisation and improvement initiatives. The energy company has attributed the successful transition of operations to the establishment of an organised management and operating team, as well as the implementation of correct gas field operating practices. These have ensured zero lost time injuries and have improved field performance too. QPME has also increased its production from 22.9 TJ per day to approximately 27TJ p... more
Santos delays FID for Narrabri gas project until 2025

Santos delays FID for Narrabri gas project until 2025

Santos has announced in its latest ASX investor update that a final investment decision (FID) on its Narrabri gas project will not take place until 2025. This comes after the Australian federal government recently announced it will reassess the company’s Hunter Gas Pipeline under Commonwealth environmental laws. The project decision will remain open until 8 December 2023. Santos’s FID delay also follows after the New South Wales government’s cancellation of the Narrabri Special Activation Precinct (SAP), after consideration of the 2023 NSW Government’s Strategic Infrastructure Review. The purpo... more
Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal

Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal

A subsidiary of ExxonMobil Australia — Mobil Oil Australia — is investing in additional fuel storage infrastructure at its Melbourne terminal, as it hopes to support Australia’s fuel security and cement the company’s role as a critical supplier of fuel for Victoria and the east coast. The investment will bolster the 100 million litres of storage which the company added to its Melbourne terminal in June 2023. Mobil Australia Sales Manager Andrew McNaught said: “Mobil continues to invest in strengthening our Australian fuel supply chain and maintaining the safe and reliable delivery of fuel where a... more
APA and Santos to explore development of potential CCS pipelines

APA and Santos to explore development of CCS pipelines

APA Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Santos to explore the development of potential carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipelines for their Moomba CCS facility. The scope of the MoU is to assess the potential to unlock decarbonisation opportunities by connecting heavy CO2 emitters as well as CO2 import locations to the Santos operated CCS facility in Moomba, South Australia via CCS pipelines. The partnership will include an assessment of CCS pipeline routes from key emission sources in Gladstone, Port Bonython, and Greater Sydney to the Moomba CCS facility in the Cooper Basin. Thes... more
Galilee Energy signs MoU for gas supply and development of hydrogen facility

Galilee Energy signs MoU for gas supply and development of hydrogen facility

Galilee Energy (ASX:GLL) has executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Queensland Government-owned Energy Queensland Limited (EQL) for the supply of natural gas and to progress the development of a hydrogen facility in the state’s central west. The terms of the non-binding MoU provide a framework for Galilee and EQL to progress preliminary discussions for the supply of natural gas to the Barcaldine Power Station, in addition to collaborating on the development of a hydrogen facility at the site. Galilee Energy's Glenaras Gas Project is one of the largest uncontracted gas resources in easter... more
Beetaloo project and Middle Arm gas hub produces more emissions than estimated

Report claims effects of Beetaloo project are underestimated

An analysis of the projected carbon emissions from the Northern Territory's (NT) proposed Beetaloo Basin gas project, and proposed processing at the Middle Arm gas hub, claims they've been underestimated, as have the availability of offsets to deal with them. The findings made by researchers at Climate Analytics call into question a key claim from the NT government, with federal support, that there would be "no net increase in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions emitted in Australia from any onshore shale gas produced in NT". The analysis also calls into question findings in an earlier report from the CSIR... more
Woodside proceeds with WA government’s proposal process

Woodside proceeds with carbon reduction proposal process

A Woodside Energy revegetation proposal has been invited to Stage 3 of the Western Australian government’s Carbon for Conservation market-led proposal process. The Woodside proposal involves planting native species in specified areas within the Gnangara-Moore River State Forest and Karda Block in the midwest of Western Australia. Under the proposal, planting would include native species appropriate for Barnaby’s Black Cockatoo, with the expectation this will bring biodiversity and carbon sequestration benefits. Woodside Executive Vice President New Energy Shaun Gregory said the company was pleased t... more
Conrad projects show promising potential for natural gas resources

Conrad projects show promising potential for natural gas resources

Asia-focused natural gas exploration and development company Conrad Asia Energy Ltd has completed its first assessment of the prospective resources in its two production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Aceh, Indonesia. The Offshore North West Aceh (Meulaboh) and Offshore South West Aceh (Singkil) PSCs have shown promising potential for natural gas resources. The company has identified 38 leads in the two PSCs, with a combined prospective resource exceeding 15 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of recoverable gas (100 per cent P50) — and approximately 11 Tcf (P50) of these resources are net attributable to Conrad. ... more
TotalEnergies continues partnership with Oman LNG

TotalEnergies continues partnership with Oman LNG

TotalEnergies has signed an amendment to extend its partnership with Oman LNG, an Omani liquefied natural gas (LNG) joint venture in which the company holds a 5.54 per cent stake. Located on the northeast coast of Oman, the Oman LNG liquefaction complex comprises two liquefaction trains, each with a capacity of 3.8 million tonnes of LNG per year (Mtpa). It is adjacent to the Qalhat LNG project, comprising one 3.8 Mtpa train, and in which Oman LNG holds a stake. This brings the site's total production to 11.4 Mtpa. Through this agreement, TotalEnergies is extending beyond 2024 its interest in Oman LNG... more
Kobra East & Gekko (KEG) on stream ahead of plan

KEG project progresses ahead of plan at Alvheim

Production has commenced at the KEG project — which is operated by Norwegian oil exploration and development company Aker BP in partnership with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS — in the Alvheim area. When submitting the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for KEG to the UK Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in June 2021, the target was start-up of production in the first quarter of 2024. Aker BP CEO, Karl Johnny Hersvik said: “The KEG project execution is a fantastic example of what we can achieve with the alliance model, working as one team with our suppliers towards a common goal and with shared i... more
TotalEnergies Commissions LNG Floating Terminal in the Port of Le Havre

TotalEnergies commissions LNG floating terminal in the Port of Le Havre

TotalEnergies announced the commissioning of the Cape Ann, its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) located in the Port of Le Havre. The terminal injected its first megawatt-hours (MWh) of gas into the grid operated by GRTgaz, using LNG from Norway. TotalEnergies has contracted 50 per cent of the terminal's annual capacity of around 5 billion cubic metres, to supply it with LNG from its global portfolio. The remaining capacity will be marketed according to rules approved by the regulator. Key figures of the Cape Ann include: Maximum regasification capac... more
Hartshead Resources NL completes pipeline route survey

Hartshead Resources NL completes pipeline route survey

Hartshead Resources NL — in association with its joint venture partner RockRose (UKCS2) Limited — has successfully concluded the Pipeline Route Survey for the offtake pipeline routes associated with the Anning and Somerville field developments. With importance on safety, the survey was meticulously executed using the Gardline MV Ocean Observer and spanned over a month, reporting zero incidents or accidents. The acquisition of comprehensive data was achieved, with over 1000 kilometres of seismic lines run, 52 Cone Penetration Tests (CPT), 23 Vibrocores for defining seabed conditions, and 27 seabed sampl... more
Archaea Energy hits major milestone with unique renewable natural gas plant

Archaea Energy hits major milestone with unique renewable natural gas plant

bp-owned company and largest RNG producer in the US — Archaea Energy — has commenced production at its original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Medora, Indiana. This is the first plant to come online since bp’s acquisition of Archaea Energy in December 2022 and it is also located next to a landfill owned by Rumpke Waste. Landfill gas, a natural byproduct of the decomposition of waste in landfills, is a form of greenhouse gas. Using the AMD design, the Medora plant captures the gas from Rumpke’s landfill and converts it to electricity, heat or renewable natural g... more
Repsol proceeds with biofuel production in Spain

Repsol proceeds with biofuel production in Spain

Repsol will produce renewable fuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal fat at its facility in Puertollano, Spain. Repsol is designing the plant to convert approximately 240 thousand metric tonnes per annum (KMTA) of waste feeds and feedstocks to renewable diesel and other products. The process, using Honeywell Ecofining technology, will provide Repsol with an efficient and high yield solution to produce renewable fuels and petrochemical precursors from residual feedstocks. Repsol Director of Renewable Fuels said: “This will be Repsol's second plant exclusively dedicated to produ... more