AGR Drilling and MacDermid win Gorgon contracts

The company said that this excavation project will present a substantial cost saving to the Gorgon project by allowing for the 90 kilometre pipeline to be laid in a more direct route to shore. It is expected
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Wood Group wins Wheatstone works contract

Wood Group’s consultancy company ODL will provide plant operations works, maintenance and instrumentation/electrical systems consulting services. The Wheatstone LNG Development will have a capacity
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Queensland Government approves QCLNG

Queensland Coordinator-General Colin Jensen has completed his review of the project’s environmental impact statement and approved it with strict conditions, which include the establishment of an
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ABARE predicts LNG imports to increase

ABARE cited a full operational year for the fifth train at the North West Shelf (NWS) LNG Plant in 2009-10 and the scheduled start up of the Pluto Gas Project in 2010-11 as responsible for the increased
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Gorgon contract for Fairstar

Under the terms of the agreements, Fairstar will provide two semi-submersible heavy transport vessels for the transportation of modules and related project materials from construction sites throughout
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Woodside backs its Sunrise FLNG proposal

According to Mr Voelte, the Shell-designed facility will be approximately 480 metres in length and approximately 75 metres wide, with a topside weight of approximately 50,000 tonnes. He said that it will
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Queensland appoints first Gas Commissioner

State Mines and Energy Minister Stephen Robertson said that Ms Gardiner brings to the position a depth of experience in strategic gas industry policy, market development and regulation. Mr Robertson said
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Chevron releases Wheatstone draft EIS

The company is planning for a final investment decision in 2011, allowing construction to commence mid-2011. First LNG is anticipated in early 2016. Key components of the project for which approval is
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FLNG gets serious

Shell is planning to develop the Prelude and Concerto gas fields, located in the Browse Basin, 475 km north-northwest of Broome, Western Australia, using what could be the world’s first floating
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