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Tallawarra taking off in NSW

The 435 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle Tallawarra Power Station is the first major gas-fired generation development for TRUenergy in New South Wales. The plant is currently Australia’s most efficient
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Regulation process under review

APPEA said that the Australian Government’s Interim Report on the Operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act reinforced a recent Productivity Commission
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Wesfarmers opens Kwinana LNG Plant

Looking for growth opportunities in gas and power, Wesfarmers Energy began investigating LNG for the heavy duty vehicle (HDV) and industrial markets in 1998. At that time, market conditions were favourable
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Karratha Power Station underway

ATCO Power has begun construction on the Karratha Power Station – the third power project for the company in Australia and its 20th worldwide. The company said that rapid growth in the Pilbara region,
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40 years of gas from Bass Strait

Bass Strait gas was first piped to homes and businesses in Melbourne four decades ago from Esso’s processing plant at Longford. The first home was connected to natural gas on 14 April 1969, making
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ABS: increase in natural gas supply

The Energy Account, Australia report highlights the considerable interest generated in Australia and internationally over recent years in the supply and use of energy products such as oil, natural gas,
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Future research for IGU

As the current 2006-09 IGU research triennium comes to an end and committees prepare for presentations and sharing results at the World Gas Conference in October, preparations for the next triennium are
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Ichthys – a new horizon

With most likely reserve estimates of 12.8 trillion cubic feet of gas and 527 million barrels of condensate, the offshore gas field development is expected to deliver significant economical benefits to
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Animalia at Wallumbilla pipeline

Steve Wilson and Gerry Swan were employed by Nacap to monitor fauna along the 205 kilometre gas pipeline that runs between Origin Energy’s Darling Downs Power Station, under construction near Braemar,
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