Modec in contention for Barossa FPSO
Japanese firm Modec is in contention to provide a floating production vessel for the Barossa project in Australia.
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Baker Hughes, GE picked for Gorgon subsea supply contract
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) will supply subsea production equipment to Chevron for the second phase of the Gorgon LNG project off Australia.
BP pulls plug on £980m Australia petrol station purchase
BP has decided to back out of the £978 million (USD $1.3 billion) acquisition of Woolworths' retail business in Australia.
North Sea firms eye LNG market Down Under
Western Australia is a region characterised by its huge liquefied natural gas market, aiming to overtake Qatar as the world’s largest LNG exporter by 2020.
TechnipFMC clinches upgrade contract for Pluto
Australian firm Woodside has handed oil field service giant TechnipFMC the contract for upgrading the Pluto platform for water treatment.
Central processing facility for Ichthys LNG ready for action
Japanese firm Inpex said today that it had finished commissioning the central processing facility for the Ichthys LNG project off western Australia.
WATCH: Shell using drones to monitor thousands of wells in vast Surat Basin
Energy giant Shell has released a video of special remotely piloted drones which are used to inspect thousands of wells and pipelines in Australia.
Wood in two-year Gorgon contract extension
Wood has extended a deal to provide a range of services for the Gorgon Stage Two development off western Australia.
Harbour tables revised $10bn takeover offer for Australia’s Santos
Australian firm Santos has received a revised $10.4billion takeover offer from US business Harbour Energy.
Australia’s £14billion missed opportunity shows tax problem
Australia is on track to match Qatar as the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas exporter next year. The boost to the budget bottom line? Virtually nil.
Northern Territory lifts fracking suspension
The Northern Territory (NT) government in Australia has lifted a moratorium on fracking.
Warrego saves 10 Aberdeen jobs with farm-out deal
An Aberdeen-headquartered oil firm has safeguarded 10 Scottish jobs after striking a deal to farm out 50% of a prospect in western Australia.
Xodus wins contracts worth over £2million in Australia and south-east Asia
Aberdeen energy service firm Xodus Group has secured £2million worth of contracts in Australia and south-east Asia.
Pertamina admits it is responsible for Borneo oil spill
Indonesia’s state-owned oil company Pertamina has admitted it is responsible for a deadly oil spill in Borneo.
Stats Group targets Australian expansion with new partnership
Aberdeenshire-based Stats Group is aiming to expand its operations in Australia through a new partnership.
Powerful quake shakes Papau New Guinea month after disaster which halted offshore work
A strong earthquake has shaken Papua New Guinea a month after a more powerful quake killed at least 125 people in the Pacific island nation.
Aberdeen’s MInteg opens Australian base to tap into LNG market
Aberdeen-headquartered MInteg has opened its first international base in Australia for entry into the country’s oil and gas market.
Shell sells New Zealand portfolio to OMV for £415m
Shell has struck a deal to sell its portfolio in New Zealand to Austrian energy firm OMV for £415million.
Taskforce to turn Western Australia into global LNG hub
The government of Western Australia (WA) has unveiled plans to create a liquefied natural gas (LNG) jobs taskforce.
Australia, East Timor agree sea border in deal worth billions in oil revenue
Australia and East Timor have signed a historic treaty drawing their maritime boundary, ending years of bitter wrangling over billions of dollars of oil and gas riches lying beneath the Timor Sea and opening a new chapter in relations.
Wood wins five-year Ichthys contract
Energy service giant Wood has won a five-year deal to provide engineering services for Inpex in Australia.
Australian divers to sue over brain damage on LNG project
Saturation divers, who sustained brain damage while working on pipeline off the coast of Australia, have engaged a law firm to sue for damages.
Stena wins contract for Clyde drill ship
Stena Drilling will supply a vessel for a campaign in Australian waters.
Woodside snaps up 50% of Australian gas field from Exxon
Woodside Petroleum has struck a $744million deal to buy ExxonMobil’s share of the Scarborough gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia.
AWE receives ‘unsolicited’ takeover offer from Mitsui
Australian energy company AWE said today that it had received an “unsolicited” takeover offer from Japan’s Mitsui & Co.