BHP BILLITON says it is assessing the viability of five “major” petroleum projects in Australia.
27/10/2008
L&M PETROLEUM says it will begin drilling for coal seam gas (CSG) at the Ohai coalfield in Southland, New Zealand.
06/08/2008
THE WESTERN Australian Government is prosecuting Apache Energy for failing to maintain and repair the Varanus Island gas pipeline.
05/06/2009
L&M PETROLEUM says the sample cores taken as part of it coal seam gas (CSG) exploration activities are “fizzing with gas.”
17/09/2008
QUEENSLAND Gas says it will commercialise Roma Petroleum NL’s coal seam gas reserves once it completes its $49.8m takeover.
22/07/2008
WOODSIDE Petroleum says it will not be processing gas from the Timor Sea fields in East Timor.
31/07/2008
THE NEW Zealand Ministry of Economic Development has lifted the oil and gas reserves at Pohokura, the country’s largest petroleum field.
11/08/2008
OIL and gas explorer Beach Petroleum claims to have discovered a new oil source in South Australia's Cooper-Eromanga Basin.
05/02/2009
WOODSIDE Petroleum claims to have discovered a new gas source near its Pluto project in Western Australia.
25/02/2009
APACHE Energy has blasted the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority’s (NOPSA) report into the Varanus Island gas pipeline explosion in Western Australia, dismissing the findings as “incomplete” and “premature.”
15/10/2008
ABB says it has won an order as part of the oil and gas new multi project pipeline (NMPP) Trunk Line Pumps project for Transnet in South Africa.
27/11/2009
THE NATIONAL Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) issued a prohibition notice to Woodside on 21 April, following the recent fire at its Vincent oil field in offshore Western Australia.
22/04/2009
CALTEX says its Lytton refinery in Brisbane will not return to full production levels for several days, after faulty water pumps forced its closure on 12 December.
16/12/2008
APACHE Energy has restored its Varanus Island natural gas plant in West Australia to full capacity, over a year after the major pipeline explosion on 3 June 2008.
30/06/2009
THE COMMITTEE for Economic Development of Australia forum on the Varanus Island gas explosion in Perth has been told Western Australia could be vulnerable to energy crises over the next ten years.
17/11/2008
WEST Australian Premier Alan Carpenter has rejected accusations of a cover up regarding the Varanus Island pipeline explosion.
15/08/2008
THE THREAT of Hurricane Gustav has forced some oil companies to evacuate many of their offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
28/08/2008
BARWON Water claims a planned water recycling plant at Shell Australia’s Geelong Refinery will save up to 2000m litres of drinking water every year.
09/01/2009
WOODSIDE is negotiating with Apache Energy and its Kuwaiti partner to buy gas to support the Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off Western Australia.
26/05/2009
GRISWOLD Pump has developed its 811 Series ANSI Pumps which offer a range of seal options for fluid-processing operation.
06/11/2009