Santos to cut jobs, close offices amid COVID-19

Santos plans to slash its contingent workforce by 150 employees to reflect reduced project work, while a further 500 employees will be forced to take a fortnight of paid annual leave over the Easter period.
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3D Oil receives Bedout extension from NOPTA

3D Oil has been granted a 21-month suspension and extension by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) for the offshore Bedout Sub-Basin permit WA-527-P. The company now has until
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Oil Search tracks promising Alaskan results

Oil Search has advised that the testing of the Nanushuk reservoirs encountered in the Mitquq 1 ST1 and the Stirrup 1 wells, in Alaska’s North Slope, has been completed. The company reported that
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Galilee begins drilling at Kumbarilla

Galilee Energy has commenced drilling operations at its 100 per cent owned and operated Kumbarilla project in the Surat Basin, Queensland. The company reported that the Savanna Rig 406 spudded the well
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State Gas to resume development in Bowen Basin

State Gas is recommencing field activities at the Reid’s Dome Gas project in Queensland following a lengthy wet season and flooding in the region. The company is aiming to progress development at the
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Cooper

Orbost produces Sole gas for Eastern pipeline

Since the second phase of commissioning of the Orbost gas processing plant in Victoria during February, operator APA Group has demonstrated its capability to produce sales gas into the Eastern gas pipeline
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Beach puts forward Perth Basin seismic proposal

Beach Energy has proposed to undertake an onshore three-dimensional (3D) seismic survey in the northern Perth Basin, Western Australia. The survey area is about 300km north of Perth and its nearest boundary
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Metgasco shifts focus to priority projects

Metgasco has updated its focus on certain projects in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising tensions between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, which have created a sharp drop in prices. The company
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Sangomar

Woodside flags supply shortages for Sangomar project

Woodside plans to reassess its options for the Sangomar oil joint venture project offshore Senegal, adding to last week’s deferral of final investment decisions (FIDs) on key Western Australian growth
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