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Plans lodged for Bannaby power station

Fri, 20 January 2012 Snowy Hydro has lodged plans for its proposed Bannaby Power Station, which includes a 23–29 km gas pipeline, to the New South Wales Department of Planning and Infrastructure.

First Mortlake unit goes to market

Thu, 19 January 2012 The first of two units at Origin Energy’s 550 MW gas-fired Mortlake Power Station is now available to be dispatched into the Victorian electricity market.

Metgasco hits first sale jackpot with Casino

Mon, 16 January 2012 Metgasco has entered into its first gas sale agreement from its Casino Gas Project in PEL 16, northern New South Wales.

Orders in for world’s largest FLNG

Thu, 12 January 2012 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation has received orders for three compressor trains and a power generation system for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Project, located approximately 200 km offshore the coast of Western Australia.

FutureGAS a key plank of CNC Project Management’s support of the industry

Thu, 8 December 2011 CNC Project Management has again signed on as the Gold Sponsor and Gala Dinner Sponsor of the 2012 FutureGAS Conference and Exhibition.

Company news: Falcon, Woodside, Adelaide, APLNG, John Holland, Santos

Wed, 23 November 2011 International company Falcon Oil and Gas are hot on the heels of Beach Energy’s shale success, having successfully produced gas at each shale interval during its testing program of the Shenandoah-1 well, located in the Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory.

CSG first in NZ

Mon, 21 November 2011 L&M Energy has drilled New Zealand’s first in-coal seam lateral well as part of its Ohai CSG Pilot Project in New Zealand.

APLNG: creating a world-scale industry in QLD

The Australia Pacific LNG Project has been gaining momentum over the last month, with construction of its 444 km pipeline now underway.

Monadelphous secures Gorgon contract

Thu, 27 October 2011 Monadelphous has secured a contract from the Clough Sea Trucks joint venture for the Gorgon LNG Development, located offshore Western Australia.

Gas development increases in Queensland

Wed, 26 October 2011 TRUenergy are looking to add two additional high-efficiency, gas-fired power stations to their portfolio, pending development approval, to be located in Ipswitch and Gladstone, Queensland.

Pilot plant to develop commercial products from CSG water

Tue, 25 October 2011 The GE and Penrice Consortium, a joint venture between GE and Penrice Soda Holdings, has announced an agreement with QGC to design, build and operate a brine pilot plant at Penrice’s chemical works at Osborne, South Australia.

Chevron awards gas platform contract for Wheatstone

Mon, 24 October 2011 Chevron has awarded a contract to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to construct a fixed offshore platform for the Wheatstone LNG Development located offshore Western Australia, worth approximately $A1.35 billion.

Clough AMEC receives Bayu-Undan contract extension

Thu, 20 October 2011 ConocoPhillips has awarded a two-year extension contract to Clough AMEC worth $A100 million, for the provision of operations and maintenance services to the Bayu-Undan facilities located in the Timor Sea.

Gas supply agreement supports field commercialisation

Thu, 13 October 2011 A joint venture between ERM Power, Empire Oil and Gas, and Wharf Resources has entered into a gas supply agreement to sell 15,000 terajoules of gas to Alcoa from the Gingin West-1 and Red Gully-1 gas fields located in Western Australia’s onshore Perth Basin.

Olympic Dam gas plant and pipeline receives EIS approval

Tue, 11 October 2011 The South Australian and Federal governments have approved the environmental impact statement (EIS) for BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam Project, located in SA.

New power station on the agenda

Fri, 7 October 2011 APA Group and AGL Energy will jointly develop a 242 megawatt gas-fired power station in Mount Isa, Queensland, following the signing of a long-term agreement to supply electricity to Xstrata Mount Isa Mines through to 2030.

Farm-out finalised for Goldwyer shale

Tue, 4 October 2011 ConocoPhillips will spend up to $A113.5 million to earn and retain the rights to a 75 per cent working interest in the Goldwyer Project in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, with New Standard Energy.

Wheatstone gets FID green light

Tue, 27 September 2011 Chevron has made a final investment decision (FID) on it's Wheatstone project located offshore, western Australia.

Epic, Santos complete gas agreement

Thu, 22 September 2011 Epic Energy has completed a gas transmission agreement with Santos to provide 147 TJ/d of firm capacity on its South West Queensland Pipeline for fifteen years from 2015.

Three Springs gets the green light

Thu, 22 September 2011 ERM Power has received approval from the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority for its proposed $A500 million Three Springs Power Station and 60 km gas pipeline, located in Western Australia.

Extending the gas grid: connecting regional Victoria to reticulated gas

Through the Regional Growth Fund, the Baillieu Government has committed to conducting an $A1 million feasibility study into a natural gas pipeline along the Murray River, which would connect over 150,000 Victorians to reticulated gas.

Syngas successful in generating power

Thu, 18 August 2011 Carbon Energy has achieved an Australian first by generating electricity at its power plant in Bloodwood Creek, Queensland, using syngas produced through its unique process of underground coal gasification.

FEED contract awarded for LNG project

Tue, 16 August 2011 Arrow Energy has awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for its multi-billion dollar Arrow Energy LNG Project on Curtis Island off Gladstone, Queensland.

Joint venture targets Otway shale gas

Tue, 16 August 2011 A Beach Energy and Somerton Energy joint venture has secured permit PEP 171 to target shale gas in the Otway Basin, western Victoria.

Macedon milestones

Just over a year ago, the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority granted BHP Billiton environmental approval for its proposed Macedon Gas Field Development in the offshore Exmouth Sub-basin, WA. Gas Today reviews the hurdles and successes the project has seen in its first year of development.