Test your knowledge of the oil and gas industry with our new weekly Wednesday quiz.
QUESTIONS
- What does RET stand for?
- What is the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority?
- How much did Buru Energy raise from investors and a share purchase plan recently?
- Which project commenced gas production this week?
- What country did Australia sign an agreement with to explore hydrogen?
- Where is the Leigh Creek Energy Project located?
- Who is Armour Energy’s new chief commercial officer?
- Where and what year was Santos’ first significant discovery of natural gas?
The answers to the questions are listed below.
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ANSWERS
- RET stands for renewable energy target.
Source: https://www.appea.com.au/industry/policy/glossary/
2. NOPSEMA is Australia’s independent offshore energy regulator. Its role is also to assess risk management plans, inspects to monitor compliance, investigates to verify and learn from non-compliance, takes enforcement action to correct and deter non-compliance and promotes and advises with the objective of fostering continuous improvement in industry performance.
Source: https://www.nopsema.gov.au/about/what-we-do
3. Buru Energy has raised $16 million from investors and a share purchase plan (SPP) to fund its 2021 Canning Basin drilling program in Western Australia.
Source: https://www.oilandgastoday.com.au/buru-secures-16m-for-canning-basin-drilling/
4. Central Petroleum has commenced gas production at the Range pilot project in Queensland after drilling three wells and commissioning its surface facilities.
Source: https://www.oilandgastoday.com.au/central-ignites-production-at-range/
5. Australia and Germany will invest in a series of new initiatives to accelerate the development of a hydrogen industry, creating new economic opportunities and jobs while reducing emissions.
Source: https://www.ppo.com.au/germany-australia-sign-h2-agreement/
6. The Leigh Creek Energy Project is located 550km north of the capital city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia.
Source: https://www.lcke.com.au/About/Leigh-Creek-Energy
7. Mark Greenwood has been appointed chief commercial officer of Armour Energy.
Source: https://wcsecure.weblink.com.au/pdf/AJQ/02382623.pdf
8. Santos made its first significant discovery of natural gas in the Cooper Basin with the Gidgealpa 2 well in 1963.
Source: https://www.santos.com/about-us/our-story/