Maintaining strong safety, reliability and service performance with lower revenue and costs are the focus of Australian Gas Infrastructure Group's (AGIG) Final Plan for Western Australia’s Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) for the 2021 to 2025 period. As Western Australia’s key gas transmission pipeline, the DBNGP stretches almost 1600 kilometres, linking the gas fields in the state’s northwest directly to electricity generators, gas retailers, mining, and industrial customers. The natural gas pipeline has been in continuous operation since 1984 and has a remaining life of at least 50... more

The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has recommended approval for the State component of a liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline that forms a part of the Scarborough Gas Field Project. In December 2018, the Scarborough Project Nearshore Component (the proposal) was referred to the EPA by Woodside Energy Ltd on behalf of their Joint Venture Partners. The proposal involves the installation of a gas trunkline (approximately 32.7 kilometres long within State waters), located adjacent to the existing Pluto LNG Facility 8 kilometres northeast of Dampier in the Pilbara, Western Australia, a... more

Cooper Energy Limited has provided an update on the Sole Gas Project and, in particular, the upgrade to the Orbost Gas Processing (OGP) Plant which is located in East Gippsland - a region currently subject to bushfires. APA Group is completing the plant upgrade works to process gas from the Sole gas field. In a statement released today, Cooper Energy begins by stating that their foremost priority is the safety of their people, the staff and contractors working at the OGP plant and the local communities in which they operate. The Company notes that there is no Cooper Energy personnel in the bushfire affecte... more

In late December 2019, Shell Australia revealed that a 'significant' gas and condensate discovery was made in the Browse Basin off the North West Coast of Western Australia. Drilling of the Bratwurst -1 exploration well, within title AC/P64 (100 per cent Shell Equity, Operated), successfully concluded on 4 December 2019 after a 78-day campaign. This campaign was completed in just over 18 months from bidding and 12 months from the award of the AC/P64 title. The discovery is located approximately 160 kilometres northeast of the Shell-operated Prelude Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility – an o... more

ExxonMobil has increased its estimated recoverable resource base in Guyana to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels and made a further oil discovery northeast of the producing Liza field at the Uaru exploration well, the 16th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The new recoverable resource estimate includes 15 discoveries offshore Guyana through year-end 2019. The Uaru discovery is the first of 2020 and will be added to the resource estimate at a later date. “With recent high-quality finds at Tripletail and Mako contributing to our recoverable resources, our investments will continue to provide benefit... more

Total, through its wholly owned affiliate Total Solar International, will establish its presence on the Spanish solar market through two agreements by developing nearly 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar projects.  Julien Pouget, Senior Vice President Renewables at Total said Spain benefits from a solar resource that is unparalleled in Europe. “Its photovoltaic market is one of the most dynamic in Europe, with an expected capacity increase from 6 GW to nearly 40 GW by 2030*.” Total Solar International and Powertis, a developer of utility-scale solar plants in Europe and South America, have agreed to establi... more

The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has called-off negotiations on the development of the ExxonMobil-operated P’nyang natural gas field in PNG’s Western Highlands. The P’nyang field has a certified gross 2C contingent resource of approximately 4.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and if the development was to go ahead it could double LNG exports from PNG. Initially, the ExxonMobil-led joint venture involving Santos and Oil Search was proposing to add three new trains to Exxon’s existing two-train PNG Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) development – one operated and fed by ExxonMobil’s gas... more

Equinor and its partners in the Statfjord area have approved plans to extend production from the field towards 2040. On 9 January 2020, Equinor announced that a new business plan will ensure even higher use of resources, extract more value from the field, and allow plans for decommissioning of the Statfjord A platform in 2022 to be deferred. Equinor notes that, based on extensive mapping of the underground, the remaining potential of the Statfjord area is still considerable. As a result, Equinor and its partners have resolved a new business plan for the Statfjord main field and satellite fields. Vår En... more