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9 February 2010
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Slugcatcher watches falling profits meet ambitious LNG investments
(Monday, 8 February 2010)

NOTHING is as easy for an armchair critic such as Slugcatcher than to consider opposing views about a question and say that if one man is right, then the other must be wrong.
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Slugcatcher on the LNG industry caught in a pincer


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PREMIUM FEATURES 
Oil plummets on economic jitters
(Friday, 5 February 2010)

AFTER a strong start to the week, oil prices plunged almost 5% last night as stocks dropped on jitters over European debt levels and concerns about the US economy.
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MARKETWRAP: Shares whacked


Personnel movements for the week ending February 5


Shareholder Movements for the week ending February 5


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TECHNICAL & PRODUCT 
Honeywell enhances solutions for mobile field operators
(Wednesday, 20 January 2010)

HONEYWELL has acquired rights to technology developed by Shell Global Solutions for gathering field data and helping plants increase production while reducing maintenance and operating costs.
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New Curtin technology to aid oil and gas, mining industries


New EM casing tool to save costs: Schlumberger


CSIRO making waves to help Oilies, platform owners


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PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS 
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
(Friday, 5 February 2010)

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    LETTERS 
    Taking a shot at the Slug
    (Tuesday, 26 January 2010)

    TWO PNN readers have written in response to Slugcatcher’s article this week [Slugcatcher on the LNG industry caught in a pincer].
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    LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS 

    QCLNG gets $3.5B boost
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    QGC is set to commit to more than $US3 billion ($A3.5 billion) in contracts for long lead items in the first half of 2010 as plans for the Queensland Curtis LNG project near Gladstone move ahead.
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    Santos bullish on Gladstone LNG


    Golar, PTTEP scrap FLNG agreements


    PNG LNG on target, Exxon earnings down


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    COAL SEAM GAS 
    Westralian gets green light for CSG drilling
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    WESTRALIAN Gas and Power has received the final approval for a two-well coal seam gas drilling program at its Kaloorup Road prospect near Busselton, southwest of Perth.
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    MORE COAL SEAM GAS

    Central pushing ahead in Pedirka


    Metgasco sidetracked in Clarence Moreton


    Solid forges ahead with Taranaki CSG exploration


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    SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT 
    Coalition plan too cautious: experts
    (Wednesday, 3 February 2010)

    OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott yesterday unveiled a $A3.2 billion aimed at cutting emissions by 5% by 2020, though some expert commentators have said the plan is too modest to make a difference.
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    CAREERS & RECRUITMENT 
    QCLNG gets $3.5B boost
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    QGC is set to commit to more than $US3 billion ($A3.5 billion) in contracts for long lead items in the first half of 2010 as plans for the Queensland Curtis LNG project near Gladstone move ahead.
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    MORE CAREERS & RECRUITMENT

    Job seekers want career progression


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    DRILLING 
    Westralian gets green light for CSG drilling
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    WESTRALIAN Gas and Power has received the final approval for a two-well coal seam gas drilling program at its Kaloorup Road prospect near Busselton, southwest of Perth.
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    MORE DRILLING

    Central pushing ahead in Pedirka


    Metgasco sidetracked in Clarence Moreton


    Austin making headway in Kentucky, Strike spins drill bit in Texas


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    PROJECT PROFILES 
    Emerson to supply Roxar meters to Gorgon
    (Wednesday, 3 February 2010)

    EMERSON Process Management will install its Roxar subsea wet gas meters at the Chevron-operated Gorgon gas project under a contract with VetcoGray.
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    MORE PROJECT PROFILES

    ESG upgrades Narrabri CSG reserves


    Beibu Gulf development sailing along


    APLNG building up Talinga production capacity


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    PRODUCTION 
    Jatoil on road to first biofuel production
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    RENEWABLE energy company Jatoil has entered into a new joint venture that would see the company producing its first commercial quantities of crude jatropha oil later this year.
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    MORE PRODUCTION

    Austin making headway in Kentucky, Strike spins drill bit in Texas


    JV opens Chiton taps


    Cougar commissions Kingaroy UCG pilot plant


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    Slugcatcher watches falling profits meet ambitious LNG investments
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    NOTHING is as easy for an armchair critic such as Slugcatcher than to consider opposing views about a question and say that if one man is right, then the other must be wrong.
    Full Story...

    Woodside, unions square off over Pluto housing dispute
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    WOODSIDE Petroleum will meet with representatives of three unions on Tuesday to discuss planned changes to accommodation arrangements at the Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
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    QCLNG gets $3.5B boost
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    QGC is set to commit to more than $US3 billion ($A3.5 billion) in contracts for long lead items in the first half of 2010 as plans for the Queensland Curtis LNG project near Gladstone move ahead.
    Full Story...

       CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

    SUBSEA AND MARINE

    Offshore workers get pay rise, industry concerned

    Emerson to supply Roxar meters to Gorgon

    Mermaid wins Woodside standby contract






       TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


    Westralian gets green light for CSG drilling
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    WESTRALIAN Gas and Power has received the final approval for a two-well coal seam gas drilling program at its Kaloorup Road prospect near Busselton, southwest of Perth.
    Full Story...

    Oilex eager to settle West Kampar dispute
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    OILEX says it’s keen to resolve a dispute with West Kampar production-sharing contract joint venture partner and operator, PT Sumatera Persada Energi, and start a work program as soon as possible.
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    CGE planning Victorian UCG power project
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    CLEAN Global Energy is pursuing the development of a proposed commercial underground coal gasification project on Greenpower Energy’s coal tenements in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin.
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    Central pushing ahead in Pedirka
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    CENTRAL Petroleum has spudded the third well in its five-well coal seam gas drilling program in the Pedirka Basin which is targeting up to 70 trillion cubic feet of prospective resources.
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    Metgasco sidetracked in Clarence Moreton
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    METGASCO says fishing operations on the Corella-P18 multi-lateral CSG well, in the Clarence-Moreton Basin, to recover a stuck drill string have been unsuccessful and a sidetrack will now be drilled to complete the laterals.
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    Jatoil on road to first biofuel production
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    RENEWABLE energy company Jatoil has entered into a new joint venture that would see the company producing its first commercial quantities of crude jatropha oil later this year.
    Full Story...

    Austin making headway in Kentucky, Strike spins drill bit in Texas
    (Monday, 8 February 2010)

    AUSTIN Exploration has had more good news from its newly producing Sebree oil project in northwest Kentucky while Strike Energy has kicked off a two-well program at the Eaglewood joint venture in Texas.
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    Shell to axe more jobs on uncertain outlook
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    SUPER-major Shell is planning further job cuts and cost-saving measures after its annual profit plunged 52% due to the weak global economy and lack of energy demand.
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    JV opens Chiton taps
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    DRILLSEARCH Energy says the Chiton oil field in PEL 91 of the Cooper Basin, which has started first commercial oil production, could potentially increase the company’s annual oil production by 200% in the near term.
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    Santos bullish on Gladstone LNG
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    SANTOS is charging ahead with its Gladstone liquefied natural gas project and has all but ruled out consolidation with its coal seam gas-to-LNG rivals.
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    Woodside supporting WA marine education
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    MARINE education in Western Australia has been given a big boost by Woodside Petroleum, which is spending $A300,000 over two years to give students and teachers better tools to study the state’s marine environment.
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    Oilex gets ready for tough grind
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    OILEX is preparing for an intensive period of work as it moves towards further exploration drilling in the Timor Sea and North West Shelf, and improving production at the Cambay field in Gujarat, India.
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    AED buying more Nations assets
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    AED Oil is buying more assets from Nations Petroleum Company, signing an agreement to acquire two holding interests in Indonesian oil and gas acreage.
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    Origin to test Rockhopper-1/ST1
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    ORIGIN Energy is preparing to run wireline logs on the Rockhopper-1/ST1 sidetrack well in T/18P of the Bass Basin to determine the commercial significance of the Rockhopper discovery.
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    Norwest eyes AWE shale gas play
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    AWE’s plan to assess various shale gas plays in the Perth Basin is being closely watched by Norwest Energy, which has increased its acreage in the basin over the past 12 months.
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    Oil plummets on economic jitters
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    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    AFTER a strong start to the week, oil prices plunged almost 5% last night as stocks dropped on jitters over European debt levels and concerns about the US economy.
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    Cougar commissions Kingaroy UCG pilot plant
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    COUGAR Energy is on track to start producing gas from its Kingaroy underground coal gasification power project in Queensland late this month after the plant entered the commissioning phase.
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    Linc starts up Chinchilla UCG Generator 4
    (Friday, 5 February 2010)

    LINC Energy is confident the completion and start-up of UCG Generator 4 at its Chinchilla gas-to-liquids demonstration facility will provide the technology to complete the company’s other GTL work.
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