Great Australian Bight Archives

Van Gogh, Coniston drive oil production: EnergyQuest

EnergyQuest has released its March 2020 report, highlighting the surge in oil production from Van Gogh and Coniston and increasing national output for the first time since 2014. The report outlined the
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March 6, 2020, 2:40 pmMarch 6, 2020

EnergyQuest, APPEA express Equinor disappointment

EnergyQuest chief executive Graeme Bethune and APPEA South Australia director Matthew Doman believe Equinor’s decision to abandon drilling in the Great Australian Bight will be a setback for the
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February 26, 2020, 12:13 pmFebruary 26, 2020

Equinor abandons Great Australian Bight drilling

Equinor has decided to withdraw from its oil exploration program in the Great Australian Bight offshore South Australia. In December last year, the Norwegian energy company’s deep-water Stromlo-1
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February 25, 2020, 10:22 amFebruary 25, 2020

Wilderness Society targets Equinor approval to drill Bight

The Wilderness Society South Australia has commenced legal proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia to challenge Equinor’s environmental approval to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight Equinor’s
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January 24, 2020, 11:53 amJanuary 24, 2020

Equinor secures second approval for Great Australian Bight exploration

The first approval was granted in 2011 when the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator and the ministerial joint authority, comprising federal and state government resources ministers, granted
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December 18, 2019, 12:00 amJanuary 24, 2020

Karoon to exit Great Australian Bight

The company will instead focus on progressing a number of South American assets, according to chairman Bruce Phillips. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM), Phillips said the company
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December 2, 2019, 12:00 amJanuary 8, 2020