Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston

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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Victoria releases VGP report

Victorian Minister for Resources Tim Pallas launched the report with Victoria’s Lead Scientist Amanda Caples at the Core Library in Werribee on Friday last week. The key findings of the Progress
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2017 closes with a bang: EnergyQuest

The higher export volumes together with higher oil prices are estimated to have increased total 2017 LNG export revenue by 44.1 per cent to $25.8 billion. As the biggest LNG supplier to China, Australian
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Mira production steadily increasing

Since the last operation update, Comet Ridge says the pump speed has been increased slightly while the gas rate has continued its steady climb, recently passing 390,000 scf/d with a strong upward trend. “All
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Cooper commences Casino mobilisation

The rig will be towed to the Casino Henry gas project, located in VIC/L 24 and VIC/L 30, where a workover of the Casino-5 well is to be undertaken. On completion of the workover, Ocean Monarch
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Senex identifies development priorities

In September 2017, Senex was awarded prime CSG acreage by the Queensland Government, known as Project Atlas. The acreage contains 201 PJ of recoverable gas from highly productive coal seams, which is scheduled
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Woodside signals LNG expansion

Woodside has agreed to buy ExxonMobil’s 50 per cent stake in Scarborough for up to $744 million, which would take Woodside’s stake up to 75 per cent, with part of that due pending a final investment
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The cost of inaction: McKell Institute report

Using figures advised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the report identifies the patterns in household power prices across the across the Australian east coast energy grid
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Woodside secures funds

This represents the first stage of Woodside’s $2.5 billion equity raising, which aims to provide for the acquisition of an addition 50 per cent stake in the Scarborough gas field; and for general
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