Western Australia

Australia Bonaparte FLNG to start operations in 2019 The French energy group GDF-Suez and its Australian partner Santos Ltd (Santos) are planning to award the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract on the first quarter 2014 for the development of the Bonaparte floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) to be moored offshore Western Australia. This […]

Woodside to moore three Shell-type FLNGs on Browse Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) and its partners, Shell, BP, Mitsubishi-Mitsui (MIM), and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) are setting up the benchmark for the development of the natural gas fields offshore Western Australia in confirming the decision to deploy a fleet of three floating liquefied natural […]

Australia Key Projects and Business Highlights The first half of year has rang in Australia as a fresh wake up call on early morning when the major companies  having interests in this country such as Apache, BG, BHP Billiton, Chevron, ExxonMobil, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Inpex, Shell, Total and even Woodside started to blow […]

Chevron additional reserves credit Gorgon Expansion While Chevron continues to harvest natural gas discoveries in the Greater Gorgon area offshore Western Australia, its partners ExxonMobil and Shell review the costs estimates for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) Train 4 of the Gorgon Expansion project. When Chevron and its partners made the final investment decision (FID) to […]

Apache and JX to join Carnarvon and Finder in Phoenix Apache Corporation (Apache) from USA and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (JX Nippon) from Japan have seen their project of Farm-in Agreement with Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd (Carnarvon) and Finder Exploration (Finder), both from Australia, approved by the Australian Authorities. Last October, Apache, JX Nippon […]

CNPC to pay BHP $1.6 billion for 10% of Browse LNG The super giant China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina) is to acquire the 10% stakes held by BHP Billiton in the $40 billion capital expenditure Browse LNG project. In practice the transaction is based on PetroChina to pay $1.6 billion to BHP Billiton for:  – […]

Shaping the Future AMEC plc (AMEC) started engineering activities in Canada more than 100 years ago when the Montreal Engineering Company (MEC) was established in 1907. In 1992, AGRA took over MEC to create AMEC. Today, AMEC  is listed in London Stock Exchange and is building up its market leadership in focusing on engineering services […]

Apache to tie-in Julimar in Chevron Wheatstone LNG 1 In 2007, Apache Corporation (Apache) and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. (KUFPEC) discovered the Julimar and Brunello natural gas fields in the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia. Attached to the WA-356-P block, the Julimar and Brunello are estimated to contain 2.1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of […]