Australia
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January 05, 2016
The AWE-operated L1/L2 joint venture has made the final investment decision (FID) for Stage 1A of the Waitsia gas field development project, in the onshore Perth basin, Western Australia.
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December 29, 2015
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd is pleased to announce that it has executed final agreements with members of the QGOG Constellation S.A. Group to contract the Olinda Star semi‐submersible drilling rig.
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December 28, 2015
The GLNG project participants have executed an agreement with AGL Energy Ltd. (AGL) for the purchase of 254 petajoules of gas for supply to the GLNG project, Santos, the project’s operator, has announced.
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December 17, 2015
Wood Group has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Woodside-operated proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) development.
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December 16, 2015
Polarcus has announced the commencement of a new RightBAND multi-client project over the Vulcan Sub-basin, offshore the North West Shelf, Australia.
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December 11, 2015
Australia Pacific LNG has started production of liquefied natural gas at its Curtis Island facility, joint venture partner Origin Energy said Friday. Australia Pacific LNG remains on track to export its first cargo by the end of the year, the company said.
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December 11, 2015
Woodside, as operator of the North West Shelf (NWS) project, said Friday that the project participants have approved the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) project off the north-west coast of Australia.
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December 08, 2015
Wood Group has won a new, multi-year contract with ConocoPhillips in Australia.
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December 07, 2015
Woodside Petroleum has withdrawn its proposal to take over Oil Search Ltd. nearly three months after the bid was rejected.
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December 04, 2015
Australia’s $170 billion liquefied natural gas construction boom is winding down, and the hunt for new work is picking up.
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December 03, 2015
Xodus Group has landed a project to a deliver a suite of more than 40 offshore operating manuals for the Ichthys LNG project operated by INPEX and located off the coast of Western Australia.
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December 02, 2015
Polarcus recently completed its first commercial project offshore Australia utilizing the XArray in a five source configuration known as Penta source.
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December 02, 2015
Hydratight has won one of the largest pipeline connector orders in the industry from Subsea 7 to support their Emergency Pipeline Repair System (EPRS) project in Australia.
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November 30, 2015
DOF Subsea has entered into agreement for the sale of Skandi Protector to the Commonwealth of Australia.
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November 25, 2015
BG Group has started commercial operations from the second train at its Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) plant.
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November 17, 2015
BP Plc will need to revise its plan to explore for oil in an untapped frontier off the coast of southern Australia before regulators will approve its drilling program estimated to cost more than A$1 billion ($710 million).
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November 16, 2015
QGC Pty Limited, along with joint venture partners China National Offshore Oil Corporation and Tokyo Gas, has announced a two-year, A$1.7 billion development of its natural gas tenements west of Wandoan, Australia, to support gas production.
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November 05, 2015
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project has completed the offshore pipelay for its 890-km, 42-in. diameter gas export pipeline, the Tokyo-based company announced Thursday.
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October 27, 2015
Santos Ltd., which last week rejected a $5.2 billion takeover offer, has received a binding bid from Quadrant Energy Pty for Australian oil and gas fields the companies jointly own, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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October 23, 2015
Halliburton Co.’s proposed purchase of Baker Hughes Inc. faces further regulatory scrutiny after Australia’s competition watchdog raised concerns that the $34.6-billion deal would shrink the number of suppliers for oilfield goods and services, particularly for offshore drilling.
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October 23, 2015
Beach Energy Ltd. agreed to pay A$384 million ($277 million) in stock to acquire Drillsearch Energy Ltd. to increase its exposure to energy assets in Australia’s Cooper basin.
