Australia

Unconventional

Shell, PetroChina Spat Holds Up Biggest Australian Coal Seam Gas Project

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina are at loggerheads over gas sales pricing at their Arrow Energy joint venture, holding up development of Australia's biggest coal seam gas resource, three industry sources said.

February 21, 2019

Field Development , Deepwater

Norway's Equinor Aims To Start Oil Exploration Off Australia In 2020

Equinor said studies of the ocean showed conditions were about as harsh as other settings where Equinor has operations, including the Norwegian Sea, the Barents Sea, off Canada's east coast and offshore Brazil.

February 19, 2019

Exploration & Production , Crude Oil , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Natural Gas , Technology

Australia's Woodside Steps Up Spending For Next Leg Of Growth

Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd on Jan. 17 flagged higher-than-expected investment spending for 2019 as it steps up early work on the two big natural gas developments that will drive its growth in the next decade.

January 17, 2019

Seismic , Health, Safety & Environment , Gathering & Processing , Unconventional , Crude Oil , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Company Profiles , Service Contracts , DUG Permian , Rig Counts , Construction

HEADLINES: US Production, Export Milestones; Hess, COP To Up Oil Output

Plus, Australia finally tops world LNG stage, a new offshore exploration lawsuit emerges in the U.S. and 25 Influential Women in Energy announced.

December 13, 2018

Exploration & Production , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Midstream

Australia Overtakes Qatar As World's Biggest LNG Exporter - Refinitiv Data

Australia overtook Qatar as the world's largest exporter of LNG for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Dec. 10.

December 10, 2018

Business , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Tankers

Taiwan Imports First Ichthys LNG Cargo From Australia

Taiwan imported its first Ichthys LNG cargo from Australia, the country's state-owned CPC Corp said on Nov. 26.

November 26, 2018

Field Development , Crude Oil , Natural Gas , Technology , Acquisitions & Divestitures , Pipelines

Woodside Petroleum Signs 20-year Gas Supply Deal With Perdaman

Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Australia's biggest listed oil and gas explorer, said on Nov. 20 it had signed a 20-year gas supply deal with Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Pty Ltd.

November 20, 2018

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Unconventional

Inpex To Load First Cargo From Ichthys LNG This Week

Inpex Corp. is this week set to load the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from its long-delayed Ichthys project in northwestern Australia, sources familiar with the matter said.

October 16, 2018

Shelf , Pipelines , Gathering & Processing , Construction , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Natural Gas , Joint Ventures

Chevron Reveals Shared Infrastructure Plans For Stranded Australian Gas

Woodside is also accelerating plans to build a pipeline to move gas from its Scarborough development.

September 18, 2018

Energy Transition , Technology

Equinor Explores Floating Wind Turbines To Power North Sea Oil Fields

Norway’s Equinor said on Aug. 28 it is considering whether to build a pioneering offshore wind farm with floating turbines to supply electricity to two North Sea oilfields as part of a strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

August 28, 2018