Projects

  • Queensland Pacific Metals receives $3m grant for Frontier Gas Exploration

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    Queensland Pacific Metals receives $3m grant for Frontier Gas Exploration

    Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd (ASX: QPM) has announced that its subsidiary, QPM Energy, has been awarded a $3 million Frontier Gas Exploration Grant by the Queensland government. This grant, part of the Quee... more

  • Azule Energy and Rhino Resources enter strategic agreement for offshore Namibian block

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    Azule Energy and Rhino Resources partner in offshore Namibian block

    Azule Energy, in a significant move marking its first international deal since its inception in 2022, has partnered with Rhino Resources Namibia for a strategic farm-in agreement concerning Block 2914A (PEL85) ... more

  • 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

  • Queensland Pacific Metals receives $3m grant for Frontier Gas Exploration
    13 May, 2024
  • Oil production starts at Argos platform in the Gulf of Mexico
    14 Apr, 2023
  • Woodside driving forward renewable hydrogen in Tasmania
    12 Nov, 2021
  • Equinor signs contracts for Northern Lights project
    21 Oct, 2020

Woodside submits revised EP for Angel operations

Woodside has submitted a revision of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project’s Angel Platform Operations Environment Plan to account for the production from a single well tieback located in the Lambert Deep reservoir. The Environment Plan submitted to NOPSEMA covers the Angel Facility, including the Lambert Deep Tieback, operated by Woodside on behalf of the NWS Project, as well as a number of exploration wells not linked to the production systems. As per the Plan, Woodside proposes to perform routine production and associated activities; routine inspection, monitoring, maintenance and repair of the platform ... more
Lockyer Deep

Recent discovery at Lockyer Deep-1 expands Perth Basin sweet spot

A recent gas discovery by Energy Resources Ltd. and Norwest Energy NL at Lockyer Deep-1 may have positive implications for multiple exploration targets within Warrego Energy Limited’s EP469 target. The Lockyer Deep-1 gas discovery has expanded the Perth Basin sweet spot by adding Lockyer Deep to Waitsia, Beharra Springs Deep and West Erregulla as significant deep onshore Permian gas fields. Warrego’s analysis of the data relating to the four gas fields indicates that gas generated from the mature north Dandaragan Trough (kitchen) has migrated through the EP469 permit area and it has likely filled stru... more
ARENA funding for hydrogen export feasibility study

ARENA funding for hydrogen export feasibility study

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced up to $2.17 million in funding to Stanwell Corporation Limited to complete a feasibility study for a proposed hydrogen export project located in Gladstone, Queensland. A key challenge of producing cost-competitive green hydrogen by electrolysis is the high capital costs of equipment. Large export-scale projects have the potential to improve cost competitiveness due to economies of scale. The study, delivered in partnership with Japan’s largest hydrogen supplier Iwatani Corporation, will investigate the feasibility of developing a hydrogen... more
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
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
Trion project receives social impact assessment approval

Trion project receives Social Impact Assessment approval

The Trion oil and gas project has received approval for its Social Impact Assessment from the Mexican Ministry for Energy. Located in the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of 2,500 metres, approximately 180 kilometres off the Mexican coastline, Trion is a greenfield development that would represent the first oil production from Mexico’s deep water. Trion is being developed by Woodside Energy in a joint venture with PEMEX and its first oil production is targeted for 2028. Submitted in May 2023, the Social Impact Assessment provides a comprehensive assessment of the project and outlines how Woodside will ... more
Wood works with INPEX on decarbonisation projects

INPEX progresses global decarbonisation projects

INPEX continues to advance decarbonisation initiatives around the world, with a focus on carbon capture, ammonia and hydrogen.  Following last year's award of the Tokyo metropolitan area carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, along with joint venture partners Nippon Steel and Kanto Natural Gas Development, a contract has been awarded to Wood to deliver concept design services for the project's transportation network. The pre-front end engineering design (FEED) scope will focus on a network of onshore and offshore pipelines that will gather CO2 from emissions-heavy steel and power plants in the Tokyo Me... more