Carnarvon Basin

AGIG plots WA gas pipeline strategy

Maintaining strong safety, reliability and service performance with lower revenue and costs are the underlying focal points of the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group’s (AGIG) strategy for the Dampier
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BHP petroleum output hit by storms and maintenance

BHP has reflected on a second half of 2019 where its petroleum output decreased by 9 per cent, while it also looks ahead to growth opportunities in this area of the company. The company, with operator
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Beach acquires share in offshore NZ project

Beach Energy has reached an agreement with OMV GSB to acquire a 30 per cent participating interesting in exploration permit PEP50119 in the Great South Basin offshore New Zealand. Under the agreement
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BP set to take advantage of Ironbark opportunity

Ironbark, which is in the Carnarvon Basin, contains as much as 15 trillion cubic feet of gas, making it potentially five times the size of Maui discovery, according to New Zealand Oil and Gas chief executive
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WA petroleum acreage up for grabs

Three areas in the Northern Carnarvon and Perth Basins have been gazetted. There are 41 blocks available in Northern Carnarvon, while the Perth Basin has four blocks offered. As competing bids will be
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Santos finds more gas offshore WA

The company has appraised the Corvus field located in petroleum permit WA-45-R, situated approximately 90 km northwest of Dampier. Santos said the Corvus-2 well was drilled to
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McDermott releases Scarborough tenders

The project is aiming to develop the Scarborough gas resource, located in the Carnarvon Basin, through new offshore facilities, including a 430 km pipeline to transport gas to the existing onshore Pluto
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Acreage release boosts economy

The acreage release encompassed 29 release areas over nine basins and is the equivalent to three times the size of Tasmania. The 2011 Offshore Acreage Release is characterised by large blocks in offshore
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