East Timor’s national oil company (NOC) TimorGAP has branded Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) a “corporate bully” after the Australian LNG developer refused to agree to a production-sharing contract (PSC) that would commit gas from Greater Sunrise to be processed onshore East Timor.
The chief executive of Australia’s Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) appears to have made a blunder with her comments that the company is open to revisiting a greenfield LNG export development in East Timor. Significantly, the melodrama around the project will likely continue.
Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) is reconsidering the potential development of Greater Sunrise via an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in East Timor. This marks a significant about-turn for the Australian LNG developer.
The government of Indonesia is reviewing plans to again auction the giant East Natuna Block offshore Indonesia as carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology opens up the development potential of the carbon dioxide (CO2) intense field, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif.
The financial impact of Western sanctions and the wide scale exodus of foreign partners from the Russian oil and gas sector are beginning to materialise, with upstream investments set to sink to $35 billion in 2022, according to Rystad Energy research.
Woodside Energy’s (ASX:WDS) latest production guidance for 2023 has fallen short given delays at new oil projects in West Africa and the US, as well as a maintenance shutdown at the Pluto LNG export complex in Australia.
Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) is seeking a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for its Tuna oil and gas development offshore Indonesia in the Natuna Sea.
Natural gas is seen as an essential component of Indonesia’s energy transition with the government targeting to significantly boost upstream investment. Officials estimate $179 billion is needed to meet 2030 oil and gas production targets in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Malaysia-based Hibiscus Petroleum today reported that relatively strong oil and gas prices have contributed positively to the profitability levels in all the group’s producing assets in Malaysia and the UK.
Indonesia’s Pertamina has reportedly successfully decommissioned the Southeast Asian country’s first offshore oil and gas platform in partnership with South Korean companies, according to upstream regulator SKK Migas.
Indonesian upstream player Saka Energi is planning to invest up to $1.5 billion between 2022 and 2028 to develop various assets in Indonesia and abroad as it seeks to boost oil and gas production.
Inpex has taken a final investment decision for Japan’s first demonstration project that will produce clean hydrogen and ammonia in association with carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS).
Indonesia’s upstream regulator SKK Migas has reported that the BP-led Tangguh Train 3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia’s West Papua province is on schedule to start-up in March 2023.
India is discussing a plan to keep old power stations running for longer, arguing that they’re needed to meet demand until enough energy storage can be built.
Buru Energy has hired Transborders Energy to study an innovative offshore LNG solution to export gas and condensate from its large Rafael discovery in the Canning basin onshore Australia.
US President Joe Biden and Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a climate finance deal providing $20 billion to help Indonesia pivot away from coal power.
Indonesia’s giant Arun field, which previously fed one of the world’s first LNG export plants, could be repurposed as potentially the first commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) business in Asia offering open access storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has hit a key milestone for its giant KG-DWN-98/2 deep-water development in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin offshore India’s east- coast.
Australia’s government is considering action including a possible cap on the price gas producers can sell into the domestic market amid efforts to tame surging energy costs.
China and India will significantly expand their LNG import infrastructure over the next five years with the pair, led by China, set to record the highest LNG regasification capacity additions in Asia.
Petronas has signed two key agreements with Petroleum Sarawak (PETROS) on collaboration opportunities under the Sarawak Gas Roadmap that will help accelerate both parties’ shared aspirations to sustainably grow the Malaysian state’s energy industry.