Projects

  • QPM launches drilling operations for Teviot Brook South wells

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    QPM launches drilling operations for Teviot Brook South wells

    Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd (ASX:QPM) has announced the start of drilling operations for seven new production wells at the Teviot Brook South area in South East Queensland,. This initiative is part of the ... more

  • QPM announces 38 per cent increase in Moranbah Project Reserves

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    QPM announces 38 per cent increase in Moranbah Project reserves

    Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd (ASX:QPM) has reported a substantial increase in reserves at its Moranbah Project in Queensland, with 2P reserves rising by 38 per cent from 240PJ to 331PJ. The independently ce... more

  • Tamboran signs major gas supply agreement with NT government

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    Tamboran signs major gas supply agreement with NT government

    Tamboran Resources Corporation (TBN) has announced the signing of a binding Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) with the Northern Territory government to supply 40 TJ per day (~19 TJ per day net to Tamboran) from the pro... more

  • TotalEnergies to strengthen gas portfolio in Malaysia

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    TotalEnergies to strengthen gas portfolio in Malaysia

    TotalEnergies has reached an agreement with Sapura Upstream Assets Sdn Bhd (SUA) to acquire its 50 per cent interest in Malaysian gas producer SapuraOMV Upstream Sdn (SapuraOMV) for $530 million. This deal, ... more

  • QPM launches drilling operations for Teviot Brook South wells
    03 May, 2024
  • QPM announces 38 per cent increase in Moranbah Project reserves
    03 May, 2024
  • Tamboran signs major gas supply agreement with NT government
    24 Apr, 2024
  • TotalEnergies to strengthen gas portfolio in Malaysia
    24 Apr, 2024
APA and Senex reach agreement on gas transportation service

APA and Senex reach agreement on gas transportation service

APA Group has reached an agreement on a new gas transportation service with Senex Energy for the delivery of gas through APA’s Wallumbilla Gas Hub, South West Queensland Pipeline and Carpentaria Gas Pipeline to APA’s Diamantina Power Station in Mount Isa. APA said the gas transportation service, which will commence on 1 January 2022, reinforces the company’s critical role through its Diamantina Power Station in delivering cost-effective, safe and reliable power generation for the Mount Isa region. “Consistent with our customer promise, we aim to ensure we deliver our customers the services that the... more
Senex to provide gas to New Century’s processing operations

Senex to provide gas to New Century’s processing operations

Senex Energy Limited (Senex) has announced a gas sales agreement with New Century Resources Limited (New Century) for the sale of around 7 petajoules (PJ) of natural gas over three years. New Century owns and operates the Century Mine, located 250 kilometres north-west of Mount Isa, Queensland. New Century employs more than 250 people in the production of zinc concentrates and exports to 12 smelters on three continents. Natural gas is to be supplied by Senex to New Century at the Diamantina Power Station in Mount Isa, generating the power required to operate the Century Mine. The Diamantina Power Station i... more
Ark Energy and Port of Townsville sign MoU

Ark Energy and Port of Townsville sign MoU

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Port of Townsville and Ark Energy could see 120,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen shipped from North Queensland to South Korea in the next decade. Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen, the Hon. Mick de Brenni MP, said a feasibility study will investigate the development of a renewable hydrogen facility focused on the transport industry at Sun Metals’ zinc refinery in Townsville, along with hydrogen export facilities at the Port of Townsville. “The Palaszczuk Government’s economic recovery plan is all about creating more jobs and more industries,â... more

New research to bring fibre optic technology to Australia’s resources sector

A Curtin research team will work to bring leading broadband fibre optic acoustic sensing technology to the Australian oil and gas, mining and environmental monitoring industries, offering a more cost-effective and safer resource extraction process. As part of the Australian Government’s Global Innovation Linkages Program, the research team – led by Professor Roman Pevzner from Curtin’s WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering – will partner with international collaborators to test the viability of the technology in the Australian landscape. The project will seek to produce a su... more
Leigh Creek Energy awarded PEL in Cooper Basin

Leigh Creek Energy awarded PEL in Cooper Basin

Leigh Creek Energy Limited’s 100 owned subsidiary, Leigh Creek Oil and Gas Pty Ltd, has been awarded Petroleum Exploration Licence 676 (PEL) in key South Australian Cooper Basin oil and gas acreage. On Friday, Leigh Creek Energy said that it selected the Cooper Basin as an area to invest in as it provides a low cost of entry, relatively low risk, potential for near-term revenue as well as a favourable and stable regulator in the South Australian and Queensland governments. Leigh Creek Oil and Gas previously identified prospective areas in the Cooper Basin that aligned with its strategy of providing oppor... more
Roma North Gas Processing Facility Expansion now complete

Roma North Gas Processing Facility expansion now complete

A $15 million expansion of the Roma North Gas Processing Facility is now complete, after Jemena and its project partners finalised testing at the site last month. The project’s construction - which ran for three months - created approximately 50 jobs and saw around $500,000 spent with businesses in Queensland’s Maranoa region. The expansion has increased the processing facility’s capacity by about 50 per cent, so it can now process around 24 terajoules (TJs) of gas per day, up from 16TJs, in line with increasing production from Senex Energy’s Roma North gas field. The project was completed in partners... more
Wellhead

Santos awards contract for Dorado Wellhead Platform

Santos has awarded a contract for the design, construction and installation of the Wellhead Platform (WHP) for the Dorado project, in the Bedout Sub-basin, offshore Western Australia. The WHP will be an unmanned installation, located in 90 metres water over the Dorado oil and gas field, hosting the development wells and gas reinjection wells with minimal processing facilities, remotely operated from a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility approximately two kilometres away. Dorado is an integrated oil and gas project which is planned to be developed in two phases. The initial developme... more

Woodside completes 10 per cent sale to LNG Japan

Woodside has finalised the sale of a 10 per cent non-operating participating interest in the Scarborough Joint Venture to LJ Scarborough Pty Ltd (LNG Japan). This sale — which was part of Woodside’s strategic relationship with LNG Japan, announced on 8 August 2023 — includes equity in the Scarborough Joint Venture, potential LNG offtake, and collaboration on new energy opportunities. The sale proceeds for Woodside amount to US$910 million and comprises the purchase price, reimbursed expenditure, and escalation. Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill expressed satisfaction with the sale's completion, noting LN... more

Kinetiko identifies gas-rich zones in South African ER270 Project

Kinetiko Energy Ltd is working on an energy transition initiative for South Africa, focusing on commercialising advanced shallow conventional gas projects, such as ER270, located in the Mpumalanga Province. Kinetiko CEO Nick de Blocq said: “Following an incredibly successful exploration program in 2023 the company spudded the first borehole of the year at 270-08C, slightly north of the town of Memel. “I am delighted to report that early indications from observations of gassy core samples show a huge gassy interval at depth. Coring is currently deeper than 600 metres with terminal depth (TD) expected ar... more
Well operations begin at Hickory-1 well

Operations begin at 88 Energy’s Hickory-1 well in Alaska

Well operations have commenced at the Hickory-1 well, with well bore preparations complete and perforation of the Upper SFS zone to begin ahead of fracking and flow testing. The Hickory-1 well is located within 88 Energy’s Project Phoenix acreage, directly adjacent to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and the Dalton Highway. After the Upper SFS zone is tested, the company plans to test the SMD-B zone. Each zone will be independently isolated, stimulated and flowed to the surface using a nitrogen lift to assist in the efficient cleanup of the well. The entire program for each zone is expected to take... more
ADNOC awards early EPC for Ruwais LNG project

ADNOC awards early EPC contract for Ruwais LNG project

ADNOC has issued a Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP) for early engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) activities in support of a joint venture, led by Technip Energies with JGC Corporation and National Petroleum Construction Company PJSC, for its low-carbon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi. The Ruwais LNG project, expected to reach a final investment decision (FID) this year, is set to become the first LNG export facility in the Middle East and North Africa region to run on clean power, positioning it as one of the lowest carbon intensity LNG plants in the w... more
Orange Basin

TotalEnergies expands its presence in the Orange Basin

TotalEnergies has signed, together with its partner QatarEnergy, an agreement to acquire participating interests in Block 3B/4B, offshore South Africa, from Africa Oil South Africa, Azinam (a wholly owned subsidiary of Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas) and Ricocure. Following completion of the transaction, TotalEnergies will hold a 33 per cent participating interest in Block 3B/4B and assume operatorship, while QatarEnergy will hold a 24 per cent interest. The remaining interests will be held by existing licence holders, Africa Oil SA (17%), Ricocure (19.75%) and Azinam (6.25%). The transaction is subject to final... more
Conrad Asia to enhance Indonesian gas supply and infrastructure development

Conrad Asia to enhance Indonesian gas supply and infrastructure development

Asia-focused natural gas exploration and production company — Conrad Asia Energy — has announced a strategic partnership with PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) — the gas subsidiary of Indonesia's national oil company, PT Pertamina (Persero). The collaboration has been formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing the gas supply and infrastructure development in Indonesia. Under the terms of the MoU, Conrad and PGN have agreed to jointly explore and develop the gas resources from Conrad's two offshore Aceh Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs). These PSCs, known as Offsho... more
Indonesian Energy Minister approves gas prices and allocation for Mako project

Indonesian Energy Minister approval a crucial step for Mako project

The Indonesian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Arifin Tasrif has approved the gas price and volume allocation for Conrad Asia Energy’s Mako field project within the Duyung Production Sharing Contract (PSC), marking a significant milestone in the project’s development and the country’s energy sector. This approval, conveyed through an Allocation Letter from the Indonesian Minister of Mining and Natural Resources, sets the stage for Conrad to finalise fully-termed gas sales agreements (GSA). It signifies a crucial step forward in the commercialisation of the Mako gas field, located in the prol... more