Projects

  • QPME commences operation of Moranbah Project

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    QPM announces strategic realignment for energy growth

    Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd (ASX:QPM), a key player in sustainable mining and energy solutions, has announced a strategic realignment to expedite the growth of its gas and energy assets. This shift, aimed ... more

  • TotalEnergies and Oman advance Marsa LNG project

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    TotalEnergies and Oman advance Marsa LNG project

    TotalEnergies has taken a monumental step towards sustainable energy collaboration with the Sultanate of Oman, solidifying their long-standing partnership. During a high-profile visit to Muscat on 21 April 2... more

  • Wood Australia awarded Greater Sunrise Concept Study contract

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    Wood awarded Greater Sunrise Concept Study contract

    The Sunrise Joint Venture (SJV), comprising TIMOR GAP (56.56 per cent), Woodside Energy (33.44 per cent), and Osaka Gas Australia (10.00 per cent), has awarded the Greater Sunrise Concept Study contract to Wood... more

  • Hartshead Resources advances gas fields amid fiscal uncertainties

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    Hartshead Resources advances gas fields amid fiscal uncertainties

    Hartshead Resources NL (ASX: HHR) has announced that despite uncertainties surrounding future fiscal policies, the P2607 Joint Venture (JV) remains committed to advancing the Phase 1 Gas Field Development of th... more

  • QPM announces strategic realignment for energy growth
    24 Apr, 2024
  • TotalEnergies and Oman advance Marsa LNG project
    23 Apr, 2024
  • Wood awarded Greater Sunrise Concept Study contract
    17 Apr, 2024
  • Hartshead Resources advances gas fields amid fiscal uncertainties
    10 Apr, 2024
Santos delays FID for Narrabri gas project until 2025

Santos’s $5.8 billion Barossa gas pipeline project proceeds after court win

The Australian Federal Court has ruled in favour of Santos in the case of Munkara v Santos NA Barossa Pty Ltd — dismissing the application and discharging the injunction that prevented pipelay activities south of the kilometre 86 (KP86) point along the Barossa Gas Export Pipeline. As per the ruling and in accordance with the project’s Environmental Plan, Santos will continue its pipelaying activity for the Barossa Gas Project. Organisations such as the Australian Resources & Energy Employer Association (AREEA) and the Australian Energy Producers have issued statements of support for this decision. ... more
Tamboran progresses key pipeline agreements with APA Group

Tamboran progresses key pipeline agreements with APA Group

Tamboran Resources have entered into three formal and binding agreements with APA Group to support the development of Tamboran’s Beetaloo Basin assets. This includes: an Early Development Agreement relating to the development of the ~35-kilometre Sturt Plateau Pipeline (SPP) that is planned to connect the proposed 40 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) Sturt Plateau Compression Facility (SPCF) to the Amadeus Gas Pipeline (AGP) and, subject to achieving project milestones and executing further agreements, is targeting an online date as early as H2 2025 an Early Development Agreement for development o... more
Pilot enters binding agreements to raise $3.5 million

Pilot enters binding agreements to raise $3.5 million

A syndicate of sophisticated investors has agreed to inject $3.5 million into Pilot Energy (ASX:PGY) to progress the company’s flagship Mid West Clean Energy Project (MWCEP) in Western Australia. The syndicate is being led by Greg Columbus, a director of Discovery Investments Pty Ltd and current Non-executive Chairman of Talon Energy. This is the second time this investor syndicate led by Columbus has participated in the issue of convertible notes in 2023. The six binding convertible notes will be issued in two tranches. The first five notes will be issued to members of the investor syndicate and will ... more
New LNG production at Port Hedland

Plans released for new Port Hedland LNG plant in WA

Pilbara Clean Fuels Pty Ltd is progressing a development concept for a new, mid-scale, low carbon footprint LNG plant to be located at Port Hedland in Western Australia. The project will provide an Australian LNG fuel supply capability through a new facility for the conversion of pipeline natural gas to LNG, responding to market demand for cleaner marine bunker fuel for dry-bulk iron ore carriers operating ‘round-trip’ voyages between the Pilbara and Asia. Market studies show increasing worldwide adoption of LNG as a marine fuel, with supply availability one of the key drivers. The base-case plant c... more
Galilee Energy welcomes progress on Glenaras gas project

Galilee Energy welcomes progress on Glenaras Gas Project

Galilee Energy has welcomed the Central West Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development (RAPAD) and VisIR partnership which will progress the proposed 930-kilometre electricity transmission line from Hughenden to Bileola. The RAPAD Board, the Barcaldine Regional Council (BRC) and VisIR have formalised plans for the RAPAD Power Grid development with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The RAPAD Power Grid will comprise of 5.2GW of HVDC transmission technology, and approximately 4,200 megawatts of solar generation. The initiative is part of the state government’s Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan (Q... more
### 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
Hywind Tampen

Equinor’s Hywind Tampen wind turbine installation delayed

The seven first turbines at Equinor's 88 MW floating wind power project, the Hywind Tampen, will come on stream this year as planned. The final four will be installed next spring. Supply chain bottlenecks, most notably related to the global market for steel, has delayed delivery of the final four tower sections for the wind turbines until September 2022. This will be too late in relation to the installation weather window for the year, postponing installation of the remaining four turbines until next year. “Seven turbines have been assembled and four are now installed on the field. The plan is to start ... more
hydrogen plant

Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant

Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day. The renewable power for the electrolyser will come from the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust (noord), which is partly owned by Shell. The renewable hydrogen produced will supply the Shell Energy and Chemica... more
Gulf of Mexico

Equinor transfers operatorship for Gulf of Mexico field to Shell

Equinor has agreed to sell 51 per cent of its interest in the North Platte deep water development project in the US Gulf of Mexico to Shell. Equinor will retain 49 per cent interest in the project, and Shell will become the new operator of the field. To reflect this change, Equinor and Shell have agreed to rename the North Platte development to the Sparta development. Sparta straddles four blocks of the Garden Banks area, 275 kilometres off the coast of Louisiana in approximately 1,300 metres of water depth. Front-end engineering and design (FEED) has been matured for the project. Equinor and Shell will no... more
Fluxys

Equinor and Fluxys launch decarbonisation solution in Europe

Fluxys and Equinor have agreed to develop a major infrastructure project for transporting captured CO2 from emitters to storage sites in the North Sea, connecting Belgium to Norway. The project is in the feasibility stage, with an investment decision expected by 2025. Carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) is essential for achieving significant CO2 emission reductions. This project offers the North-West European market a robust and flexible solution for large-scale decarbonisation. The project includes a 1,000 km CO2 export trunkline operated by Equinor which will transport CO2 for safe and permanent ... more
North American

Chevron’s North American assets achieve top environmental scores

Chevron Corporation’s North American upstream assets have earned Project Canary’s highest ratings on operational and environmental performance. The analysis was conducted on Chevron’s assets in Texas and Colorado. As a result of the certification process, 82 wells achieved ‘Platinum’ status and three wells received ‘Gold’ status, Project Canary’s highest ratings and confirmation of Chevron’s industry-leading practices, including continuous monitoring. Chevron plans to market responsibly sourced gas (RSG) from the certified assets in the second half of 2022. Steve Green, president, Chevron... more

AXP energy boosts production with low-cost well re-completion in the US

ASX-listed AXP Energy Limited has seen material production gains from a low-cost well re-completion of a single well in the Illinois Basin. The well re-completion for DPI-2605 has added considerably to gross daily production with the well now steadily flowing about 50 barrels of oil and 300 thousand cubic feet of gas per day. This represents a significant boost to AXP’s oil production which averaged 307 barrels of oil a day in April and 351 in May. After well re-completion, the well initially flowed naturally at 310 barrels and one million cubic feet of gas (intermittently) a day, achieving a maximu... more
hydrogen production

Partners to develop offshore renewable green hydrogen production

Renewable green hydrogen player Lhyfe and shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of offshore hydrogen production platforms. The agreement comes as Lhyfe and Chantiers de l’Atlantique, who have already been working together for 18 months as part of the SEM-REV project on the co-development of a pilot system for offshore hydrogen production, prepare to launch the world’s first offshore renewable hydrogen production demonstrator in September 2022, off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France. On the strength of this first dem... more