Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston

GAP Grant guidelines released

Guidelines for the GAP were released in December 2017, ahead of grant applications opening in January 2018. The GAP is a significant component of the Australian Government’s $90 million investment
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Green gas key to energy future: APGA

Released last year, the Decarbonising Australia’s Gas Distribution Networks report was produced by Deloitte and shows that options such as biogas, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage
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Carnarvon picks up offshore permits

Carnarvon was awarded the AC/P62 permit, which holds the Condor project, over an area of 1,512 square kilometres within the Vulcan sub-basin in the Bonaparte Basin, in November last year. The proven oil
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Woodside planning Pluto expansion

At Pluto, feasibility studies on small-scale and mid-scale (0.7 to 1.5 MMt/a) LNG trains were concluded, broadening the options for capacity enhancement at the project. Studies on a pipeline connection
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Western LNG on the Horizon

Pre-front end engineering and design (FEED) studies of the key elements of the project – upstream gas processing, export pipelines and the liquefaction facility – were substantially completed
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Qatar still leading the way

Presently, Qatar accounts for 20.3 per cent of the total global LNG liquefaction capacity. The country has eight active LNG liquefaction terminals. Currently there are no planned and announced projects
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GAP open for applications

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan said it’s essential that Australia continues to invest in its gas sector to meet the needs of industry and domestic users. “This program
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Leigh Creek commences drilling

As announced in its September 2017 Quarterly Report, Leigh Creek was required by the South Australian Energy and Resources Division (the Regulator) to undertake additional drilling to secure geotechnical
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Mira begins production

The Mira-6/2 horizontal-vertical well combination was brought online by APLNG in December last year and commenced producing gas after two days. This combination and the other three vertical wells (Mira-3,
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