Projects

  • 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

  • TotalEnergies and SONATRACH sign MoU for hydrocarbon contract

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    TotalEnergies and Sonatrach sign MoU for hydrocarbon contract

    TotalEnergies and Sonatrach have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to finalise a hydrocarbon contract in the north-east Timimoun region in Algeria — under the auspices of Law n°19-13 governing hydroc... more

  • TotalEnergies completes sale of its Canadian assets to Suncor

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    TotalEnergies acquires 20 per cent interest in Dorado leases

    TotalEnergies has announced the acquisition of Lewis Energy Group's 20 per cent interest in the Dorado leases operated by EOG Resources in the Eagle Ford shale gas play, enhancing its natural gas production cap... more

  • Wood awarded Greater Sunrise Concept Study contract
    17 Apr, 2024
  • Hartshead Resources advances gas fields amid fiscal uncertainties
    10 Apr, 2024
  • TotalEnergies and Sonatrach sign MoU for hydrocarbon contract
    10 Apr, 2024
  • TotalEnergies acquires 20 per cent interest in Dorado leases
    09 Apr, 2024
EOG Australia

Melbana completes sale of Beehive prospect to EOG Australia

Melbana Energy Limited has completed the sale of its exploration permit WA-488-P, containing the Beehive prospect to EOG Australia. Melbana has received a payment of US$7.5 million from EOG Australia in consideration. The terms of the sale agreement provide for EOG Australia to make Contingent Additional Payments to Melbana totalling US$5 million, subject to EOG Australia making certain future elections in regard to the WA-488-P permit area. In addition, Melbana is entitled to payments of US$10 million per 25 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) that may be sold and delivered from within the permit area in... more
Scarborough and Pluto Train 2

Woodside approves Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 developments

Final investment decisions have been made on the Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 developments, including new domestic gas facilities and modifications to Pluto Train 1 off WA's North West. The $16 billion liquefied natural gas development will see gas from the Scarborough resource processed at Woodside's Pluto LNG facility on the Burrup Peninsula, near Karratha. As part of the development, a second LNG train and a new domestic gas facility at the Pluto site will be constructed. Construction is scheduled to commence in 2022 with first LNG cargo targeted for 2026. It is expected to create 3,200 job, and onc... more
FFI

FFI gets planning go-ahead for Queensland hydrogen facility

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has gained planning approval to build one of the world’s largest hydrogen equipment manufacturing facilities in Gladstone, Queensland. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles said the approval will allow FFI to progress plans for constructing the facility in the Gladstone State Development Area (SDA). “FFI now has the planning approval required to progress the $114 million first stage of its Global Green Energy Manufacturing Centre (GEM) at Aldoga in the Gladstone SDA,” Mr Miles said. “In its initial stage, this $114 million investment fro... more
Pluto Train 2

Woodside sells big stake in Pluto Train 2 Joint Venture

Woodside has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for the sale of a 49 per cent non-operating participating interest in the Pluto Train 2 Joint Venture. Pluto Train 2 is a key component of the proposed Scarborough development and includes a new LNG train and domestic gas facilities to be constructed at the existing Pluto LNG onshore facility. The estimated capital expenditure for the development from the effective date is US$5.6 billion. In addition to its 49 per cent share of capital expenditure, the joint venture arrangements require GIP to fund an addition... more
Greater Pluto

Greater Pluto reserves and resource update

Woodside has completed a review of the reserves and resource estimates for the Greater Pluto region. Excluding 2021 production to date, the 1P Total reserves have increased by approximately 10 per cent and the 2P Total reserves have decreased by approximately 10 per cent. The review follows completion of integrated subsurface studies incorporating 4D seismic and well performance data. The updated estimate has been calculated based on a probabilistic method. Previously a deterministic method had been used to calculate the reserves and resource estimates for the Pluto-Xena fields. The Pyxis Hub reserves have... more

Woodside, BP and MIMI to study carbon capture and storage in WA

Woodside, BP, and Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd, which is ultimately owned equally by Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui and Co. Ltd, have agreed to form a consortium to progress feasibility studies for a large-scale multi-user carbon capture and storage (CCS) project near Karratha in Western Australia. The consortium brings together the diverse capabilities of three industry leaders to assess the technical, regulatory and commercial feasibility of capturing carbon emitted by multiple industries located near Karratha on the Burrup Peninsula and storing it in offshore reservoirs in the Northern Carnarvon ... more

Government funding granted for renewable hydrogen study at the Port of Newcastle

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has granted $1.5 million in funding to support a feasibility study into the development of a 40-megawatt hydrogen hub at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales. The $3-million study will be led by the Port of Newcastle and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and supported by project partners Idemitsu, Keolis Downer, Lake Macquarie, Snowy Hydro, Jemena, and project collaborators Macquarie Agriculture and the University of Newcastle. It will determine a broad and comprehensive range of potential use cases for green hydrogen, including customer-led studies in... 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