Drilling and exploration

24 October 2019

New gas for Otway Basin

Dombey-1DW1 exploration well has encountered gas in its primary target in the Penola Trough, onshore Otway Basin, South Australia.

11 September 2019

Even more gas at West Erregulla

Strike Energy says another material gas discovery has been made in the West Erregulla-2 well in the Perth Basin.

15 August 2019

Confidence grows in West Erregulla-2

Further analysis of the gas discovery at the West Erregulla-2 well has increased expectations from the resource.

31 July 2019

NT approves first onshore exploration since lifting ban

The Northern Territory Government has approved onshore shale gas exploration for the first time since lifting a moratorium last year.

19 July 2019

Beach to drill onshore for offshore gas

Beach Energy subsidiary Lattice Energy will undertake a new project involving drilling from onshore to access offshore gas.

6 June 2019

State Government awards Surat acreage

The Queensland Government has named the preferred tenderers for natural gas exploration acreages in the Surat Basin.

6 June 2019

Gorgon Stage Two drilling underway

Chevron Australia has launched the Gorgon Stage Two drilling campaign in Western Australia.

24 April 2019

Santos finds more gas offshore WA

Santos has discovered what it describes as a “significant” gas resource in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia.

24 April 2019

Drilling begins at Glenaras

Galilee Energy has commenced drilling operations for the multilateral pilot program at the Glenaras Gas Project.

27 March 2019

Glenaras on track for April drilling

Civil works have been completed for the upcoming drilling program at the Glenaras Gas Project.

27 March 2019

Senex begins civil works in Surat Basin

Senex Energy has begun civil works for a well drilling campaign across the Roma North and Project Atlas developments.

14 March 2019

Government greenlights $10b gas project

The Queensland government has approved Arrow Energy’s $10 billion Surat Gas Project.

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5 December 2018

WA partially lifts fracking moratorium

The West Australian government has lifted the fracking moratorium in parts of the state.

5 December 2018

Shell sells Greater Sunrise stake to Timor-Leste

Shell Australia has struck a deal with the Timor-Leste Government to sell its share of the Greater Sunrise gas venture.

5 December 2018

Beehive well plans accelerated

Melbana Energy, Total and Santos have modified their commercial agreement to accelerate the drilling in the Beehive prospect.

8 November 2018

Queensland opens more land for exploration

The Queensland government has released another large expanse of land for gas exploration.

8 November 2018

Well drilling approved at Reid’s Dome Gas Project

The joint operating committee for the Reid’s Dome Gas Project has approved the drilling of the Nyanda-4 well located in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

8 November 2018

Lakes Oil files in Victorian Court of Appeal

Lakes Oil has filed documents in the Victorian Court of Appeal over a decision in favour of the Victorian gas moratorium.

29 August 2018

Exxon closes in on drilling Dory prospect

ExxonMobil could begin drilling its massive Dory prospect in Bass Strait this week, in what could be one of the largest gas discoveries seen in the region for decades.

29 August 2018

Esso begins gas exploration program

Esso Deepwater Gippsland, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has commenced a new offshore gas exploration drilling program in the Gippsland Basin.

15 August 2018

Santos develops fourth Cooper rig

Santos has begun operating a fourth rig in the Cooper Basin to further exploration for natural gas.

15 August 2018

Barikewa-3 well strikes gas

Joint venture (JV) partners Santos, Oil Search and Cue have discovered a significant gas resource in the Barikewa-3 well in Papua New Guinea.

31 July 2018

The Australian reported exploration in the region, which is yet to have any commercial gas reserves proved up, has seen pipeline operators begin preliminary talks to build connectors to the east coast grid. Companies currently exploring the region include Galilee Energy, Vintage Energy and Comet Ridge, which recently reported that they believed the expanse showed significant potential. The news comes after Venice Energy predicted new gas shortages on the east coast could emerge as early as the middle of 2019,…

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9 July 2018

Real Energy completes diagnostic fracture injection test

Real Energy has completed a diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT) on the Tamarama-3 well at its Cooper Basin-located Windorah Gas Project.

6 July 2018

Cooper Sole-3 flow-back testing proves successful

Cooper Energy's first two production wells for its Sole Gas Project (Sole-3) have experienced successful testing of clean up and flow-back operations.

18 June 2018

Barossa contracts secured

The Barossa-Caldita Joint Venture has made progress on the front end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the Barossa offshore project with the award of three major engineering contracts.

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