Jemena has announced plans to lay a new gas main and construct a new gas interconnection facility to ensure the reliability of supply to 90,000 homes and business in the Sydney CBD and inner-city suburbs. While construction activities will only start in early to mid-2015, Jemena is making contact with residents in all streets that will be affected by the […]
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APPEA has called for restrictions to be lifted on NSW coal seam gas exploration and development in order to put downward pressure on natural gas prices in the state. APPEA states that the recently released draft decision on regulated gas prices by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) highlights the urgent need for increased natural gas exploration and production […]
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has published a response to the Federal Government’s recently released Emissions Reduction Fund White Paper, which outlines steps and incentives for emissions reduction activities across the Australian economy. APPEA suggests that further refinements to the ERF should occur to recognise the ‘economic and greenhouse benefit that can flow from a prosperous and […]
Santos has released their first quarter results, announcing increased production and sales revenue, and strong progress on major projects. Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer David Knox said that the first quarter of 2014 saw the company build momentum for strong project delivery in the year ahead. “The PNG LNG project is progressing ahead of schedule, with first LNG […]
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has welcomed a recommendation by the Economic Regulation Authority for Western Australia’s domestic gas reservation policy to be removed. The ERA, which provides independent economic advice to government, says the policy imposes costs on the state economy that far outweigh any perceived benefits. In a draft report to the State Government aimed […]
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has announced that new natural gas industry data shows that natural gas development is underpinning Queensland’s economy while in NSW gas development has almost reached a standstill. Queensland landholders are saying yes to natural gas development in big numbers, having signed more than 4500 land access agreements with gas companies since 2011. The […]
A contract has been awarded for the supply of a pipeline contingency tool on the Ichthys LNG project. First Subsea was awarded the contract by Saipem to supply a 42” PRT (pipeline recovery tool) for the Gas Export Pipeline. The contingency tool is First Subsea’s largest modular PRT to date, and features a 400Te WLL; Hyperlast™ twin seal dewatering system, […]
In WA the Economic Regulation Authority is seeking submissions and comments from various stakeholders in regards to ATCO Gas Australia’s proposed Access Arrangement Proposal for the Mid-West and South-West Gas Distribution System. The Economic Regulation Authority is responsible for reviewing and approving the access arrangement and is seeking public comment. To assist in the preparation of submissions, the Authority will […]
The NSW Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon. Anthony Roberts MP, has revoked regulatory coverage of Envestra’s Wagga Wagga gas distribution network, effective immediately. This means that gas distribution charges for the region will no longer be regulated by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER). The company has welcomed the decision. The Wagga Wagga gas distribution network serves around 20,000 […]
In his address at the opening of the APPEA conference in Perth, APPEA Chairman Rob Cole has called for stakeholders to ‘come together as an industry and nation to encourage the next wave of [LNG] investment’. ‘With almost all of the current LNG mega-projects expected to be operating by 2017, what’s left in the pipeline is pretty thin,’ Mr Cole […]
Jemena has successfully completed the construction of a gas mains interconnection prior to connecting the Penrith Primary Regulating Station (PRS) to the Emu Plains PRS. “We started this project in mid-March and completed it before the scheduled mid-April date,” says Alf Rapisarda, Jemena Executive General Manager, Networks and Pipes. The interconnection work took place between Avoca Avenue in Emu Plains […]
As operator of the BassGas Joint Venture, Origin Energy has announced that Seadrill Australia has been contracted to provide the drilling rig for the company’s upcoming drilling program in Bass Strait’s Yolla gas field. The West Telesto drilling rig will be mobilised during the summer of 2014/15 to drill the Yolla-5 and Yolla-6 wells as part of the Yolla Mid […]
The construction of the Santos GLNG project has reached a key milestone with the final three modules, or prefabricated steel structures, arriving on site at Curtis Island, Gladstone where they will soon form a key part of its first LNG train (processing unit). The structures, all cryogenic modules, weigh a total of 2,777 tonnes and will form part of the […]
A major milestone has been reached at the Central Processing Facility (CPF) of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project The first dry dock hull block has been erected, an occasion which was celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony in the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where the CPF is being constructed. The ceremony was attended by INPEX president […]
APA Group, Australia’s largest natural gas infrastructure business, has signed an arrangement for delivery of natural gas to the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) meat processing facility currently being developed near Darwin. Delivery will start in mid-2014. Under the agreement, gas sourced from the Amadeus Basin near Alice Springs will be transported to the AACo facility via APA’s Amadeus Gas Pipeline […]
The first formal step in the assessment process for the Narrabri Gas Project has begun, with Santos submitting its Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) to the NSW Government. As part of this process, Santos must identify any potential environmental issues associated with the Project’s construction and operation, regardless of how unlikely they are to occur. The PEA outlines strategies to address […]
The National Facility for Pipelines Coating Assessment has been launched at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus in Victoria. Located within the Proof-of-Concept Building at the Institute for Frontier Materials, the Facility is an initiative of the Energy Pipeline Co-operative Research Centre. The new Facility was set up in response to industry needs, with the launch attended by around 50 guests, […]
Santos has announced that the GLNG project participants have executed a binding heads of agreement with the Meridian SeamGas joint venture for the purchase of gas for supply to the project. The agreement will commence in 2015 for gas supply over a 20 year period. The gas price will be oil-linked from 2016. The gas will be supplied from the […]
Engineering group Monadelphous has been awarded three contracts with the Australia Pacific LNG Project for the construction of upstream gas processing and compression facilities associated with its coal seam gas to LNG project in Queensland. The contracts have a combined value of approximately $250 million. The largest of the contracts is for the construction of an upstream gas processing facility […]
Santos has entered into a set of principles in NSW that recognises the company’s long-standing position that it will not undertake drilling activities on private land without the voluntary consent of the landholder. The Principles of Land Access was signed by Santos, AGL, NSW Farmers, Cotton Australia and the NSW Irrigators Council at NSW Parliament House. Santos is currently seeking […]
A new research paper released by AGL’s senior economists warns that NSW could face up to 21 days of gas supply shortages from the winter of 2016. The paper suggests that the shortages could cause significant disruption to the NSW manufacturing industry if they occur. Solving for ‘x’ – the NSW Gas Supply Cliff, is written by AGL’s Chief Economist […]
Jemena has completed a major upgrade project on the gas network of Bowral, located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. The works involved the trenchless rehabilitation of 13 kms of gas distribution mains and involved inserting modern, high-density nylon piping into existing gas mains – such as old cast iron mains and older plastic mains. Since 1987, Jemena […]
Santos has released a statement regarding the rehabilitation of the Bibblewindi water treatment facilities and the company’s progress on the construction of updated facilities at Leewood, NSW. Santos states that it has been upfront that the facilities at Bibblewindi constructed by the previous owner did not meet company standards. “Santos always acknowledged, including in media releases and community presentations, concerns […]
A joint research project between The University of Western Australia and the oil and gas industry which investigated the effect of tropical cyclones on offshore oil and gas pipelines, and developed design improvements to prevent damage in such events, has won the 2014 AIRG Medal for Australasian Major Industry Technological Innovation. The award was presented for the development of the O-Tube […]
The ABC has reported that the NSW state government has granted approval to AGL to construct a 4.5 kilometre low pressure LNG pipeline between its storage facility near Newcastle and an adjoining aluminium smelter. The Newcastle Gas Storage Facility at Tomago, constructed at a cost of $310 million, is expected to start operating in 2015 and will store approximately 30,000 […]
Thiess has delivered a major milestone for Saipem Australia, principal contractor for the Santos GLNG Gas Transmission Pipeline Project by successfully tunnelling under the “The Narrows” off Gladstone to connect Curtis Island, QLD with the mainland. The 4.3 kilometre under-sea tunnel has provided a conduit for installation of the pipeline without disturbing the marine environment. Tunnelling commenced in April 2013 […]
Santos Chairman, Ken Borda, has announced the appointment of Scott D. Sheffield to the Santos Board as an independent non-executive director. Mr Sheffield is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Natural Resources Company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and included in the S&P 500 Index. Mr Sheffield has been Chief Executive Officer since 1997 and […]
Jemena has announced plans to increase the capacity of the Queensland Gas Pipeline (QGP) and is finalising project plans to expand the pipeline by installing a 35 km loop near the Rolleston Compressor Station. “We are expanding the Queensland Gas Pipeline to meet growth in demand from new and existing customers,” says Dave Green, Jemena’s General Manager, Pipelines Commercial & […]
Santos and the NSW Government have reached an in principle agreement aimed at securing affordable natural gas supply from the Narrabri Gas Project (NGP) for homes and businesses across the State to compensate for a predicted supply shortfall in NSW post-2015. NSW Deputy Premier, Andrew Stoner and Santos Vice-President, James Baulderstone have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which recognises […]
At the Australian Domestic Gas Outlook Conference in Sydney, Paul Adams, Managing Director of Jemena, has called for the Federal Government to follow the lead of other gas-exporting nations and play a stronger role in ensuring that Australia’s national interest is taken into account by considering the balance between new gas export opportunities and the impacts on domestic markets. In […]
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