Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston

Sole drilling progresses

The progress of Sole-3 has been affected by interruptions brought by heavy weather, With Cooper deciding to batch drill the top-holes of Sole-3 and Sole-4 to optimise workflow. This decision is expected
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AIE selects LNG import site

The terminal would have the ability to supply in excess of 100 PJ/a, sufficient to meet more than 70 per cent of NSW’s total gas needs. The LNG import terminal will be named the Port Kembla Gas Terminal
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Wood signs Gorgon deal extension

Effective immediately, the two-year contract extends an agreement in place since 2015 and will continue to be delivered by Wood in Perth. The scope of the agreement covers engineering, design, construction
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Leigh Creek closer to first gas

Leigh Creek is moving forward with the Pre-Commercial Demonstration (PCD) stage of the LCEP, with the second AN approved being the PCD process well drilling. The first AN approved was for aboveground plant
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Leigh Creek to commence construction

The three AN’s are required to commence its Pre-Commercial Demonstration (PCD) stage of the Leigh Creek Energy Project (LCEP) in South Australia. Leigh Creek and its contractors are scheduled to
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Glenaras closing in on production

Part of Galilee’s Glenaras Gas Project in ATP 2019 (formerly ATP 529) in the Galilee Basin in Queensland, the Glenaras-10L and -12L multilateral drilling campaigns were completed by the Easternwell
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Calls for trans-Carnarvon pipeline

Speaking at the conference yesterday, Chevron Australia Managing Director Nigel Hearne said a pipeline running from Woodside’s Scarborough field through to the Burrup Peninsula LNG hub – linking
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Woodside calls for action, not talk

Speaking at Woodside’s annual Investor Briefing Day yesterday, Mr Coleman said, “They’re going to have to be really quick because the train has left the station, they need to be running
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Gallagher backs national interest tests

Speaking at the conference in Adelaide yesterday, Mr Gallagher said the industry needs to be willing to fight to show the benefits of an LNG industry, while also supporting a gas reservation policy in
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Central spuds Mereenie well

Spudded last night, the well is being drilled by Ensign Australia using its Ensign 932 drilling rig. The well aims to access the known gas that exists in the Stairway Formation, which overlies
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