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9 February 2010
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SLUGCATCHER 

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 

    Kimberley LNG hub unsurprising choice for Browse JV
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    PARTNERS in the Browse joint venture have selected the Kimberley liquefied natural gas hub at James Price Point as the site of the processing plant for gas from their Browse Basin fields.
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    MORE LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS

    Santos’s 2P reserves swell


    QCLNG gets $3.5B boost


    Santos bullish on Gladstone LNG


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    COAL SEAM GAS 
    NZ gas price good news for L&M
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    NEW Zealand’s relatively high domestic gas prices will enable strong commercial returns from any coal seam gas projects without reliance on liquefied natural gas exports, as happens in Australia, L&M Energy managing director John Bay believes.
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    MORE COAL SEAM GAS

    Westralian gets green light for CSG drilling


    Central pushing ahead in Pedirka


    Metgasco sidetracked in Clarence Moreton


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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 
    Industry welcomes skilled migration revamp
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    INDUSTRY groups have welcomed the Australian government’s permanent skilled migration reforms which will focus on attracting more highly skilled workers into Australia.
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    MORE CAREERS & RECRUITMENT

    QCLNG gets $3.5B boost


    Job seekers want career progression


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    DRILLING 
    Shell secures Songa Venus for Browse drilling
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    SHELL has locked in the Songa Venus semi-submersible drilling rig for its upcoming 2010 drilling campaign in Western Australia’s Browse Basin.
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    MORE DRILLING

    Roc hits hydrocarbons in Angola


    Panax spuds Salamander-1


    Westralian gets green light for CSG drilling


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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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    Woodside offers comprise to Pluto workers
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    DISGRUNTLED workers at Woodside’s Pluto LNG project will be offered accommodation at another camp after Woodside and three unions representing the workers came to a comprise over motelling.
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    Shell secures Songa Venus for Browse drilling
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    SHELL has locked in the Songa Venus semi-submersible drilling rig for its upcoming 2010 drilling campaign in Western Australia’s Browse Basin.
    Full Story...

    Kimberley LNG hub unsurprising choice for Browse JV
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    PARTNERS in the Browse joint venture have selected the Kimberley liquefied natural gas hub at James Price Point as the site of the processing plant for gas from their Browse Basin fields.
    Full Story...

       CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

    SUBSEA AND MARINE

    Clough forms new JV for subsea work in Asia Pacific

    Offshore workers get pay rise, industry concerned

    Emerson to supply Roxar meters to Gorgon

    Mermaid wins Woodside standby contract






       TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


    Industry welcomes skilled migration revamp
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    INDUSTRY groups have welcomed the Australian government’s permanent skilled migration reforms which will focus on attracting more highly skilled workers into Australia.
    Full Story...

    Santos’s 2P reserves swell
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    SANTOS says it has enough gas for the first train of its Gladstone LNG project after its year-end proved and probable reserves increased 42% to a record 1.44 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
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    NZ gas price good news for L&M
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    NEW Zealand’s relatively high domestic gas prices will enable strong commercial returns from any coal seam gas projects without reliance on liquefied natural gas exports, as happens in Australia, L&M Energy managing director John Bay believes.
    Full Story...

    Clough forms new JV for subsea work in Asia Pacific
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    CLOUGH has formed a new joint venture with Houston-based subsea intervention and construction contractor Helix Energy Solutions Group to provide a range of subsea services to offshore operators in the Asia Pacific.
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    Linc sees sign of oil in Arckaringa
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    LINC Energy has encountered oil shows while drilling a well targeting coal seams for underground coal gasification and coal seam gas potential in the Arckaringa Basin, South Australia.
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    Roc hits hydrocarbons in Angola
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    ROC Oil and its partners in the Cabinda onshore south block, Angola, have had an encouraging start to their drilling program with the Castanha-1 well intersecting a 15m hydrocarbon column.
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    Study gives fuel for Coalworks CTL plant
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    A STUDY has confirmed the existence of a ready market for fuels produced from Coalworks’ proposed 7000 barrel per day coal-to-liquids plant in New South Wales.
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    Panax spuds Salamander-1
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    PANAX Geothermal has started drilling the Salamander-1 production well at Penola in South Australia after months of rig-related delays.
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    Elixir extends into France
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    ELIXIR Petroleum has expanded its European exploration strategy with the acquisition of the prospective conventional gas, shale gas and coal seam gas Moselle permit in the East Paris Basin, France.
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    DVM on the hunt for Moroccan riches
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    DVM International has entered a potentially company-making deal with the Kingdom of Morocco to acquire a 75% working interest and operatorship in the highly prospective Tarfaya offshore block.
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    Golden Gate encouraged in Louisiana, Range close to turning on Smith-1 taps
    (Tuesday, 9 February 2010)

    GOLDEN Gate Petroleum has had early promising results from the first test on the TGR Land Co Inc-1 well while Range Resources’ Smith-1 well moves closer to production.
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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.
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    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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    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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