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
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
Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal

Mobil continues investing in its Melbourne terminal

A subsidiary of ExxonMobil Australia — Mobil Oil Australia — is investing in additional fuel storage infrastructure at its Melbourne terminal, as it hopes to support Australia’s fuel security and cement the company’s role as a critical supplier of fuel for Victoria and the east coast. The investment will bolster the 100 million litres of storage which the company added to its Melbourne terminal in June 2023. Mobil Australia Sales Manager Andrew McNaught said: “Mobil continues to invest in strengthening our Australian fuel supply chain and maintaining the safe and reliable delivery of fuel where a... more
APA and Santos to explore development of potential CCS pipelines

APA and Santos to explore development of CCS pipelines

APA Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Santos to explore the development of potential carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipelines for their Moomba CCS facility. The scope of the MoU is to assess the potential to unlock decarbonisation opportunities by connecting heavy CO2 emitters as well as CO2 import locations to the Santos operated CCS facility in Moomba, South Australia via CCS pipelines. The partnership will include an assessment of CCS pipeline routes from key emission sources in Gladstone, Port Bonython, and Greater Sydney to the Moomba CCS facility in the Cooper Basin. Thes... more
East Coast Cluster

East Coast Cluster selected as one of the UK’s first CCS projects

The East Coast Cluster (ECC) has been named as one of the United Kingdom’s first carbon capture, usage and storage clusters following a successful bid to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The successful bid, led on behalf of the ECC by the Northern Endurance Partnership, is a major step towards achieving the UK government’s world-leading ambition to establish the first ‘net zero’ carbon industrial cluster in the UK by 2040. It also represents a significant boost for the industrial heartlands of Teesside and the Humber. Louise Kingham, senior vice president, Europ... more
Flotta

TotalEnergies to develop green hydrogen facility in Flotta, Scotland

Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL), the consortium formed by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) has announced it is studying the use of offshore wind to power the production of green hydrogen on an industrial scale on the island of Flotta in Orkney, Scotland.   The OWPL consortium has submitted a proposal to the Crown Estate Scotland’s offshore wind leasing round (ScotWind) to develop the N1 plan option area west of Orkney. If successful, its proposal – called the West of Orkney Windfarm – could deliver renewable ... more
Partnership to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in France

Partnership to develop low-carbon hydrogen production in France

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide are joining forces to decarbonise hydrogen production at TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform in France. Normandy is one of TotalEnergies largest refining and petrochemical platforms. Under a long term contract agreement, Air Liquide will take over and operate the 255 tonne-per-day hydrogen production unit at the platform. TotalEnergies advises that connecting the unit to Air Liquide’s hydrogen network will help to optimise its performance and, ultimately, develop the world’s first low-carbon hydrogen network. The network already includes a hydrogen production facility in Po... more
Matapal

Bp achieves early first gas at Trinidad’s Matapal

bp Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) has confirmed its Matapal project has achieved first gas. The major milestone was achieved ahead of schedule and under budget despite the constraints brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.    Matapal is bpTT’s second subsea development. It’s comprised of three wells, which tie back into the existing Juniper platform, helping minimise development costs and the associated carbon footprint. It’s located approximately 80 kilometres off the south-east coast of Trinidad and approximately 8 kilometres east of Juniper, in a water depth of 163 metres. Matapal will deliver ... more
MOU signed for Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage

MOU signed for Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage

Santos, as operator of the Bayu-Undan Joint Venture, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Timor-Leste regulator Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo e Minerais (ANPM) to progress Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at Bayu-Undan in the Timor Sea. The MOU details the areas the Bayu-Undan Joint Venture and the ANPM, with the support of the Timor-Leste Government, will work on collaboratively to test the viability of repurposing the existing Bayu-Undan facilities and using the Bayu-Undan reservoir for CCS. These include sharing technical, operational and commercial information, assessing the reg... more
Alameda-1 well spuds in Cuba

Alameda-1 exploration well spuds in Cuba

Melbana Energy Limited has confirmed that the Alameda-1 exploration well spudded (commenced drilling) on Monday 13 September 2021. The Alameda Prospect (formerly I Lead) is an exploration target in the Block 9 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) which covers 2,380 square kilometres onshore on the north coast of Cuba. According to Melbana, Alameda is a large structure located in the western part of Block 9 and is in a similar structural position to the Varadero field, the largest oil field in Cuba, approximately 35 kilometres away. The Alameda-1 well will test three separate targets with a combined prospe... more
Neptune conducts first Walk to Work campaign at Cygnus field

Neptune conducts first Walk to Work campaign at Cygnus field

Neptune Energy has announced the start of the first Walk to Work (W2W) campaign at the Cygnus gas field in the UK Southern North Sea. A programme of brownfield modifications, maintenance and inspection activities will be supported by Bibby Marine’s WaveMaster 1 vessel, reducing time, costs and environmental impacts. The vessel is equipped with a ‘motion-compensated transfer gangway’, enabling crews to safely walk between the vessel and the Cygnus Bravo platform. It is an efficient and less carbon-intensive means of accommodating the 50 personnel carrying out the work, in comparison with multiple heli... more