WA Energy Minister excited about gas

Western Australia, which produces 69 per cent of Australia’s natural gas, currently has more than $100 billion worth of resources projects that are either underway or committed to. The state consumes
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Confiming gas’ place under a CPRS

Australia is moving quickly towards a changed economy under the Government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), at the heart of which lies an emissions trading scheme (ETS). The Government’s
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Transmission – new challenges

Last month, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced the State Government’s intention to acquire land for a “˜gas superhighway’ leading into the Port of Gladstone to facilitate Queensland’s
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Compressing QGP

The 627 kilometre QGP transports gas from the Surat and Cooper basins, the Denison Trough and the southern Bowen Basin to markets in Gladstone and Rockhampton. The pipeline links the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline
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Gas Today at APPEA 2009

APPEA 2009, to be held at the new Darwin Convention Centre, will focus on the theme of “˜New FroNTiers’, covering topics such as energy security, emissions trading, frontier exploration, fiscal
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Inpex awards AMEC

The Ichthys field is located in WA-285, in the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia. AMEC will provide FEED services for the semi-submersible central processing facility, the floating production storage
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PNG LNG bids on the horizon

Oil Search said that bids for the downstream EPC contract included competition between Chiyoda and Bechtel following a competitive bid process commenced between the two companies that commenced in October
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Industry comment on revised CPRS

The Government said that it has deferred the start of the CPRS to allow the Australian economy more time to recover from the impacts of the global recession, and will commence on 1 July 2011 with an one-year
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Kwinana LNG plant officially opens

The plant has a capacity to produce 175 t/d of gas, and its development will expand the availability of LNG in Western Australia for heavy-duty vehicles, industrial gas and remote power station markets
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