Aberdeen’s CUT delivers major offshore decom project in Australia
Aberdeen-headquartered decommissioning firm Cutting Underwater Technologies (CUT) has completed a major offshore project in Western Australia (WA).
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Death at North Rankin marks ‘concerning trend’ Australian regulator says
The Australian regulator, NOPSEMA, has said that the recent incident at the North Rankin Complex (NRC) that led to the death of Michael Jurman marks a “concerning trend" in the sector.
Japan to drive low-carbon energy investment into Western Australia
The Western Australian government today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) covering hydrogen, ammonia, low emission technology and decarbonisation.
Agent General of Western Australia to learn from Aberdeen’s energy transition
The fifth annual Aberdeen Perth Gateway saw the agent general of Western Australia, John Langoulant, praising the north-east for being "ahead" of his region in various spaces.
Return for event linking global energy hubs in Scotland and Australia
A much-anticipated business event linking key global hubs in Scotland and Australia will return to Aberdeen for the fifth time next week.
BP signs 5-year LNG deal with Australia’s Beach
BP (LON:BP) has signed a heads of agreement to buy 3.75 million tonnes per year (t/y) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Beach Energy’s (ASX:BPT) onshore Waitsia gas project in Western Australia’s Perth basin for a five-year term.
Santos awards Altera the FEED deal for Dorado FPSO
Altera Infrastructure (formerly Teekay Offshore) has been chosen to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for the Dorado oil project's floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Western Australia.
Woodside gets environmental nod for Scarborough LNG
Woodside said today that it has been granted environmental approval for the nearshore component of the proposed Scarborough development offshore Western Australia. This marks another crucial step for the project ahead of a planned final investment decision later this year.
BP says Western Australia is ‘ideal place’ for hydrogen and ammonia investments
BP said today that Western Australia is an “ideal place” to develop export-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production facilities.
World’s biggest green energy hub proposed for Western Australia
The world’s largest renewables project has been proposed in Western Australia, covering an area half the size of Belgium.
Santos seeks investors for Dorado as $2bn oil project enters FEED
Australia’s Santos today announced that its large Dorado oil project offshore Western Australia has started the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase. Santos is also seeking buyers for a share in the development, which has a “very low” carbon dioxide footprint and is expected to initially cost $2 billion.
Western Australia aims to export as much hydrogen as LNG by 2030
The Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, told the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) conference on Tuesday that the state’s market share in renewable hydrogen exports in 2030 should be similar to its share of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports today.
Woodside sets new emissions targets for Pluto LNG
Australia’s Woodside has set new interim and long-term targets to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project.
EnerMech lands Chevron Australia deal
Aberdeen-headquartered EnerMech has been awarded a five-year contract extension with Chevron for oil and gas facilities in Western Australia.
Spark Exploration targets deal on billion-barrel West of Shetland licences
Australia-based Spark Exploration is aiming to find partners in the first half of this year for its West of Shetland licences, which potentially contain north of a billion barrels of oil.
Ichthys incident highlights offshore divers’ ‘fear’ to speak up – union boss
The UK diving industry may need to reassess its reporting culture in light of a serious incident off the coast of Australia, according to a union boss.
Partners sought to saddle up on Equus
Australia’s Western Gas is seeking partners to bring its Equus LNG project into production by 2024. The company has a plan for gas from the offshore Equus fields to be transported, via a 160 km pipeline, to a floating LNG (FLNG) facility near the shore.
VIDEO: Yoga on board the world’s largest offshore vessel
Yoga on the helideck is just one of the ways workers pass their free time on the largest offshore vessel ever constructed.
WATCH: Australian coastguard carries out medevac from oil tanker
Footage has been released of a medical evacuation from a 250metre oil tanker.
Chevron, Woodside celebrate first gas from “cash generator”
Chevron and Woodside Energy today celebrated first gas from the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia.
Transerv Energy given approval from government to retest Warro-4
Transerv Energy said it has been given approval by the Western Australian Government to retest Warro-4.
Wood Group lands another design contract for GWF-2 in Australia
Wood Group has secured a contract with Woodside to provide the detailed design of the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) flowline system offshore Western Australia.
Carnarvon’s Roc-1 well yields encouraging results
Carnarvon Petroleum has confirmed condensate rich gas has been recovered from the Roc-1 well offshore western Australia.
Transerv’s Australian gas field is double size previously thought
Australia's Transerv Energy has revealed its Warro onshore gas field is more than twice the size it initially thought.
Transerv says gas field could be bigger than expected
Transerv Energy has revealed that its Warro onshore gas field in Western Australia could be bigger than first thought.