Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston

Long-term gas market needs must be a priority: APGA

APGA CEO Steve Davies said it was tragic that, despite warnings on the looming gas supply shortage over many years, the nation had to reach the brink of a crisis to force action. “The failure to
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Andado to provide gas boost

The Andado Project, to be located roughly 250 km southeast of Alice Springs, would be the first aboveground coal-to-gas project to operate in Australia, and could supply up to 50 PJ/a to Australia’s
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Chevron extends Carnarvon acreage

WA-528-P, WA-529-P and WA-530-P cover 23,170 square kilometres and are located roughly 220 km northwest of Dampier off the West Australian coast. Chevron will be operator with a 50 per cent interest in
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Huge returns at Waitsia-3

On 19 October, at the end of a seven-hour clean-up period, the well flowed gas at an instantaneous maximum rate of 50 MMcf/d and an average of 49.5 MMcf/d on an 80/64 inch choke at ~1,929 psig flowing
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Senex brings Surat wells online

The Phase 2 program is the company’s first major investment in the WSGP, and involves drilling 30 appraisal wells on the Eos and Glenora blocks, 30 km from Roma. “We know that cost management
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Carnarvon wins Bonaparte permit

AC/P62 covers 1,512 square kilometres in shallow waters which contains multiple attractive leads in the same proven basin that includes the Montara, Jabiru, Skua and Challis oil fields. “AC/P62 is
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Orbost Gas Plant deal completed

The transaction is a key component of Cooper’s Sole Gas Project, which will bring a new source of gas supply to south east Australia from 2019. The agreement also provides for the plant to process
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West-East Gas Pipeline work begins

Announced in this year’s budget, the West-East Gas Pipeline pre-feasibility study is the first Commonwealth investigation of the potential for constructing a gas pipeline from Western Australia to
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