News in Brief

Australia’s offshore area increased The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York has confirmed Australia’s jurisdiction over an additional
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Barry – the hapless face of a serious gas campaign

Barry is the face of a new campaign, Natural Gas. The Natural Choice, launched by Alinta AGN. The campaign is the first on-air advertising and marketing campaign focusing on the promotion and benefits
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CSG – firing up Australia’s gas industry

“It’s been a juggernaut, really. It’s revealed an absolutely phenomenal resource in Queensland, and to some extent in NSW,”? said Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration
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Dräger develops new gas detector

The Dräger X-am 5000, 1 to 5-gas detector reliably measures combustible gases and vapours as well as oxygen and harmful concentrations of CO, H2S, CO2, Cl2, HCN, NH3, NO2, PH3, SO2 and Organic Vapours. The
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Safety challenges for the offshore gas industry

Australia’s offshore oil and gas industry currently faces a range of challenges which have the potential to impact on safety. These include rapid growth in the industry leading to skills and labour
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Process systems for an emerging CCS industry

The CO2CRC Otway pilot project is the world’s largest research and geosequestration demonstration project. It aims to demonstrate the safety and security of the transport, injection and storage of
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Transporting Australia’s natural gas

This year, the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) is celebrating its fortieth year as the peak body for Australia’s transmission sector. Speaking with APIA Chief Executive Cheryl Cartwright
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ABB wins Pluto LNG equipment contracts

ABB’s scope of supply for Woodside’s $12 billion Pluto project includes switchgear, transformers, analyser systems, instrumentation, motors and machines, electrical network monitoring and control
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Retailers welcome AEMC Victorian competition findings

The report from the AEMC is the first of a series of assessments of competition in state retail markets agreed to by State and Federal Governments under the Amended Australian Energy Market Agreement (AEMA).
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