Empire Energy has submitted an environment management plan (EMP) for hydraulic stimulation of the vertical Carpentaria-1 well in the Northern Territory.
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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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Bluewater wins contract for Eni’s Kitan field
Situated in approximately 344 metres of water, the Kitan field is located in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, jointly administered by East Timor and Australia, approximately 170 kilometres off the
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Supporting the offshore industry
Australia’s offshore oil and gas exploration and development has been growing since the 1960s peaked in 2009.
Exploration activities in the seismic, drilling, and geotechnical markets, along with
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Modelling rogue waves to mitigate risk offshore
Rogue waves – massive waves which can be more than 20 m in height – pose a considerable risk to offshore structures in the open ocean. Measurement on offshore platforms and satellite imaging
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A year on from the PRRT
The proposed extension of the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) from 1 July 2012 presents a number of challenges for Australia’s oil and gas industry.
In particular, the Federal Government proposals
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Six new features Mark the new generation RoRo vessel
The Mark V features 50,000 sq m of deck area, which has up to five to seven per cent more capacity than Wallenius’ Mark IV.
The vessel’s stern ramp has a width of 12 m and a weight capacity
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An historical achievement for offshore developments at Wheatstone
The 37,000 metric-ton topsides structure was built in a South Korean shipyard before being shipped on the Heerema 851 barge 6,546 km to Western Australia, where it was successfully floated over and set
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The future of oil and gas: digital evolution
The situation is no different in oil and gas where low prices are fuelling increased demand worldwide and companies are using technology to remain competitive.
At CERA Week in Houston this year, the most
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Cloud presence helping companies underground
As these disruptive technologies usher in a new era of smarter work practices, mining companies in Australia are responding by remodelling their infrastructure and switching their core technology to cloud-based
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