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Santos invests big in Queensland

As well as upstream developments around the Fairview, Scotia and Arcadia fields, this investment includes the first year of funding for the new $750 million Roma East project which will be developed over
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PNG expansion on the cards

The meetings all but confirm that ExxonMobil’s PNG LNG Project and Total’s proposed Papua LNG Project will collaborate, with Oil Search holding significant stakes in each project and acting
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Future Fuels secures funding

The combined investment from the Commonwealth, Australia’s Energy Industry and Universities (cash and in-kind support) will total more than $90 million over the life of the program. The Future Fuels
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Leigh Creek modules complete

The aboveground plant workshop fabrication by Ottoway Engineering and other contractors is complete and is ready for mobilisation and final site fabrication. Once the Activity Notification (AN) process
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APA extends east coast GTA

The contract extension provides for southerly services on APA’s East Coast Grid for an additional two years when the existing contract expires on 31 December 2018. The extension is expected to generate
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Casino Henry JV snaps up Minerva

The JV is made up of Cooper Energy, AWE Limited and Mitsui E&P Australia. The agreement, which is conditional on completion of regulatory approvals and assignments, provides for the transfer of the
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Transborders eyes FLNG development

The joint study allows Transborders to enhance the technical and commercial deployability of Transborders’ “Generic FLNG Solution” for a range of discovered but stranded gas resources. Specifically,
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Transborders wins Government support

Minister for Jobs and Innovation Michaelia Cash and Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan granted Major Project Status to the proposed 1.2 MMT/a FLNG vessel. “This project, and
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Cooper awarded Gippsland permit

The permit adjoins the company’s VIC/L21 licence which holds the depleted Patricia-Baleen gas field and its associated subsea production infrastructure. The exploration permit is located in close
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