Australia

Gloucester methane levels typical: report

Using a vehicle-mounted laser spectrometer, air samples were taken by Pacific Environment for a total of 80 hours while covering local routes totalling 3,200
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Drilling report: Oil Search

During May, the InterOil Coporation-operated Antelope 4 well was suspended at a depth of 2,134 m, due to drilling difficulties, and the WDL 1 rig was demobilised. Plans to sidetrack the well, to be undertaken
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APPEA appoints new Chief Executive

Mr Roberts will resign as the chairman of the Queensland Competition Authority to join APPEA in mid-June. He has considerable experience in industry associations, having
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Monadelphous secures $A250m in APLNG contracts

The largest of the contracts is for the construction of an upstream gas processing facility that will process gas from the project’s gathering network for delivery to its main pipeline. The remaining
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PNG Govt. Oil Search loan halted

The loan was initially opposed by former-PNG Treasurer Don Poyle, who has since been sacked by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill for refusing to sign the deal. Oil Search sold the shares in order to
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Cooper-Eromanga farm-out dispute resolved

An outcome was achieved by selling the 7.5 per cent interest in PEL 182 to joint venture partners Senex and Drillsearch for $A3,750,000. An agreement was reached whereby Dome receives $A2,000,000 of the
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