Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston

APLNG scheduled for shut down

Maintenance works on half of the train will be undertaken from July 17 to July 22, followed by two similar outages on August 21-26 and September 11-17. The AEMO notice states that the shutdown will affect
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ACCC releases final retail electricity pricing report

The inquiry, which was commissioned in 2017 by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison, found that the onshore gas bans, in addition to LNG exports from eastern Australia, have increased the price of the commodity
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Cooper Sole-3 flow-back testing proves successful

The Sole-3 testing was undertaken over a 26 hour period on the 97 m completed section of the Top LaTrobe Group sandstone reservoir. Cooper said the flow-back performance and gas composition were both
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Gas shortage over: AEMO

The big news coming out of the report highlights that no supply gaps are forecast before 2030 under expected market conditions. The risks of shortfalls previously projected for 2019 has been reduced due
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Pipeline vandalism in PNG

This comes as riots escalate in PNG’s Southern Highlands province, where protesters angry at the recent election results are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Another
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Barossa contracts secured

Separate engineering contracts for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility have been awarded to MODEC and a consortium between TechnipFMC and Samsung Heavy Industries, with a design
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Chevron switches on Wheatstone Train 2

Chevron Australia Managing Director Nigel Hearne said Chevron Australia is now the proud operator of a five train LNG business and Australia’s largest liquefaction owner with access to a world class
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