Projects

  • Successful first oil production at Eldfisk North Project in the North Sea

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    Oil production starts at Eldfisk North Project in the North Sea

    The Eldfisk North Project, located in the Greater Ekofisk Area in the North Sea and operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, has commenced its first oil production several weeks ahead of schedule. The Eld... more

  • BlueNord ASA provides update on Tyra II commissioning

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    Technical issue with gas compressor to delay Tyra II commissioning

    BlueNord ASA has announced an operational occurrence with the intermediate pressure (IP) gas compressor will impact the commissioning of the new Tyra II facilities in the North Sea. The investigation has con... more

  • Carnarvon Energy outlines strategic focus to maximise shareholder value

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    Carnarvon Energy strengthens focus on Dorado to maximise value

    Carnarvon Energy Limited has recently reaffirmed its business priorities, emphasising its commitment to restoring and growing shareholder value by maximising the value of its asset base and reducing corporate c... more

  • Exploration begins on Who Dat East Well in US Gulf of Mexico

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    Exploration begins on Who Dat East Well in US Gulf of Mexico

    The Who Dat East exploration/appraisal well, located offshore in the US Gulf of Mexico, officially began drilling operations on 27 April 2024. This well, situated approximately 27 kilometres east of the Who ... more

  • Oil production starts at Eldfisk North Project in the North Sea
    08 May, 2024
  • Technical issue with gas compressor to delay Tyra II commissioning
    08 May, 2024
  • Carnarvon Energy strengthens focus on Dorado to maximise value
    08 May, 2024
  • Exploration begins on Who Dat East Well in US Gulf of Mexico
    08 May, 2024
Jemena to reverse Eastern Gas Pipeline, enhancing gas supply to Victoria

Jemena reverses pipeline to enhance Victoria’s gas supply

Energy infrastructure company, Jemena, is planning to reverse the 797-kilometre Eastern Gas Pipeline (EGP) — potentially sending up to 300 TJ/d of gas south from New South Wales into Victoria. The EGP, commissioned in 2000, traditionally brought gas from Bass Strait to the New South Wales and Sydney market, supplying over 70 per cent of gas across New South Wales at times. The reversal project aims to make the EGP bi-directional, allowing it to deliver 200TJ/d south from Port Kembla Energy Terminal (PKET) — owned by Squadron Energy — by Winter 2026. With PKET over 90 per cent complete, it is Austr... more
Strike signs GTA with APA

Strike signs Walyering gas transportation agreement with APA

Strike has signed a two-year gas transportation agreement (GTA) with APA Group Pty Ltd, enabling the delivery of 10 TJ/d into the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) from the Walyering gas processing facility. This will be facilitated through a new inter-pipeline connection at Mondarra, currently under construction and commissioned by APA. This infrastructure is expected to be operational by late 2024. This agreement provides Strike access to the significantly larger and more active market connected to the DBNGP, where approximately 95 per cent of daily gas in Western Australia is sold and cons... more
Woodside extends investment in education initiative

Woodside extends investment in education initiative

Woodside Energy and its joint venture partners have extended their support for education in the City of Karratha, signing five-year community partnership agreements for the ongoing delivery of the Karratha and Roebourne Education Initiative (KREI). The extension builds on more than 15 years of investment by the Woodside-operated North West Shelf Project to bridge the gap between the opportunities and resources available to students residing in the Pilbara and their metropolitan peers, and support students on their pathway to employment. The renewed agreements with the Department of Education and St Luke’... more
Five-well drilling program commences in Bowen Basin

Five-well drilling program commences in Bowen Basin

Denison Gas Limited has announced the commencement of a five-well drilling program to facilitate the expansion of production and reserves throughout its Denison North and South Project regions. Targeted plays for the wells include tight gas, conventional gas, and coal seam gas in established gas fields as well as new formations in promising regions. Denison Gas CEO Benson Wong said: “This campaign will both ensure ongoing strong production and build our 2P reserves, providing options for future growth and cementing our place as an alternative supplier into the Australian domestic gas market.” The in... more
Santos announces Barossa Aboriginal Future Fund

Santos announces Barossa Aboriginal Future Fund

Santos and its joint venture partners in the Barossa Gas Project will invest up to $10 million in Northern Territory coastal Aboriginal communities and homelands as the development phase of the project progresses. Investments will be aimed at improving community and homeland infrastructure and services as well as programs that enable Aboriginal people to maintain cultural practices and carry out cultural obligations, care for their country and establish pathways to skilled, well-paying, secure jobs and business opportunities. In addition, the Barossa Gas Project joint venture partners announced they are su... more
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
Hammerfest

Equinor revises start-up date for Hammerfest LNG plant

Due to continuing consequences from Covid-19 and operational restrictions, Equinor has advised the time of start-up of the Hammerfest LNG plant in Norway is pushed from 31 March 2022 to 17 May 2022. The previous estimate for the start-up date was given with uncertainty particularly related to the development of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We work systematically to deliver on the plan we established, but challenges related to Covid-19 restrictions require that we need more time to prepare the plant for safe and stable start-up and operations,” says Grete B. Haaland, senior vice president for Equinor's onsho... more
Martin Linge

Equinor’s Martin Linge Field in Norway officially opened

Equinor’s Martin Linge field has been officially opened offshore Norway’s coast. The gas will be transported through a new pipeline connecting the field to the existing pipeline going to St. Fergus, Scotland. The plan for development and operation of Martin Linge was submitted to the authorities in January 2012 and approved by the Norwegian parliament in June the same year. Martin Linge came on stream on 30 June 30 2021. Since the field came on stream, it has had good operational performance. Along with high oil and gas prices, the investments in the field are expected to be recovered in full during 20... more

Woodside and Commonwealth LNG sign HOA for LNG supply

Woodside Energy Trading Singapore Pte Ltd has signed a heads of agreement (HOA) with Commonwealth LNG to negotiate a sale and purchase agreement for the supply of LNG from the proposed Commonwealth LNG development in Louisiana, USA. The HOA contemplates the purchase by Woodside of two million tonnes per annum of LNG over a period of 20 years, scheduled to begin in quarter two 2026. Woodside’s offtake obligation can be reduced or even eliminated as Commonwealth achieves increasing thresholds of offtake commitments from other buyers. Woodside would also have an option to purchase an additional 0.5 mil... more

Woodside commences front-end engineering design activities for US hydrogen project

Australian energy producer Woodside has started front-end engineering design (FEED) activities on a hydrogen project for the first time, awarding a contract in late December for FEED engineering servies to Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC for its proposed H2OK project in Oklahoma, USA. H2OK is a liquid hydrogen production facility proposed for the Westport Industrial Park in Ardmore, with phase one involving construction of an initial 290-megawatt facility that can produce up to 90 tonnes a day of liquid hydrogen through electrolysis. The facility will target the heavy transport sector and its location offers th... more

Woodside expands hydrogen portfolio to the US

Australian energy producer Woodside plans to expand its portfolio of hydrogen production opportunities to the US, securing land in Oklahoma for future development of a modular hydrogen facility and entering a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hyzon Motors. The company has secured a lease and option to purchase 94 acres of vacant land in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to underpin future development of its proposed H2OK project, as well as progressing similar land acquisition opportunities aligned to growth markets in the US. Subject to approvals and customer demand, the H2OK concept involves construction of an ini... more
Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands exit highlights wariness for new remote oil markets

Harbour Energy’s intention to streamline its portfolio by focusing mainly on North Sea assets is noteworthy because the strategy includes the option to exit the $1.8 billion Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands. According to GlobalData, many exploration and production (E&P) companies are putting de-risking strategies in effect due to market downturn in 2020, which is causing an issue for the Falklands Islands Government in particular, as new remote oil markets are less likely to be desirable. Effuah Alleyne, Senior Upstream Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData said market downturn in 2020 and de-r... more
offshore wind development

Energy companies join forces for offshore wind development

TotalEnergies, Iberdrola and Norsk Havvind have joined forces to respond to the Norwegian authorities' call for tenders for a floating and bottom-fixed offshore wind development for a cumulated capacity of 4.5 GW at two offshore sites in southern Norway. The consortium will in its offer leverage the technical expertise of its members in both bottom fixed and floating offshore wind, as well as its in-depth knowledge of the challenges, territories and stakeholders in Norway. If successful on winning the tender, the consortium will focus on strengthening the local industrial competencies and ensuring the succ... more