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4 July 2009
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Slugcatcher offers solution to retention lease debate


TWO little words are guaranteed to bring a collective shudder to the top end of the Australian petroleum industry: sequencing and retention. While these words seem to have little in common Slugcatcher will demonstrate how they are morphing into a marvellous political/industrial shemozzle.
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Slugcatcher on differing approaches to energy policy


Slugcatcher on the oil price yo-yo


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PREMIUM FEATURES 

The month in petroleum: June 2009 – LNG


PNG LNG heading closer to FID; Gladstone firms up customer; Chevron charging ahead with Gorgon, Wheatstone; while Woodside talks up Pluto
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MARKETWRAP: Oilies start new FY in the red


Unemployment numbers push oil down


Personnel Movements for the week ending July 3


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TECHNICAL & PRODUCT 

Todo Dry Breaks enter Aussie market


WITH the increasing focus on worker safety and elimination of liquid spills, Australia’s petroleum industry will soon have access to Swedish company Todo’s Dry Breaks products.
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Fiomarine extends wings to Europe, Asia


CLRS could save industry millions: Coretrack


Coretrack gets a hand


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PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENTS 
Geoscientist – MEO Australia Limited

MEO is a small oil and gas explorer based in Melbourne with four operated permits in the Carnarvon Basin and the Timor Sea, and is now seeking a Geoscientist to join its exploration team. It is an active company which, within the last 2 and a half years, has:
  • drilled three wells
  • shot and processed four 3D seismic surveys
  • processed two 3D PSDMs
  • reprocessed existing 3Ds

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Geoscience opportunities

QGC are seeking talented individuals to join their Geoscience team and ensure the company’s ongoing success and growth.
  • Be a key member of this high-performance, specialist team
  • Contibute to the development of our high-profile projects
  • Enjoy excellent career development opportunities
    Please contact Lisa Howlin on (07) 3837 8100 for more information

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LETTERS 
Readers speak out on the costs of renewable energy


A NUMBER of PetroleumNews.net readers have responded to the Slugcatcher’s article this week [Slugcatcher on differing approaches to energy policy].
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COAL SEAM GAS 
Santos pays $476M to join ESG in Gunnedah


ANOTHER round of consolidation has begun in the coal seam gas industry after Santos paid $476 million in two transactions to snatch up more acreage in the prospective Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales.
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Junior serious about NZ CSG


Icon cashed up for more work in Surat


CSG offers many commercial options: Bay


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LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS 
Woodside denies Browse LNG blow-out


WOODSIDE Petroleum has hit back at claims that the Browse LNG development in Westralia is facing a cost blow-out.
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Possible cost blow-out for Browse LNG


Gasbridge JV scraps plans for NZ LNG terminal


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DRILLING 
Hess returns to Carnarvon Basin


US major Hess Corporation is hoping to repeat the success of its 2008 drilling campaign in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin with the start of a new drilling program in WA-390-P.
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Junior serious about NZ CSG


TransAtlantic, Otto seeks more Turkish delight


Po Valley spuds Sillaro-2


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PRODUCTION 
Vicpet’s Snatcher-1 a producer


VICTORIA Petroleum says it will drill a second well in PEP 111 of the Cooper Basin after wireline logs confirmed oil pay in the first well, Snatcher-1.
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Galoc reboot delayed


Golden Gate hits another Bullseye


Petroleum Briefs


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Santos pays $476M to join ESG in Gunnedah


ANOTHER round of consolidation has begun in the coal seam gas industry after Santos paid $476 million in two transactions to snatch up more acreage in the prospective Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales.
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Woodside denies Browse LNG blow-out


WOODSIDE Petroleum has hit back at claims that the Browse LNG development in Westralia is facing a cost blow-out.
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Hess returns to Carnarvon Basin


US major Hess Corporation is hoping to repeat the success of its 2008 drilling campaign in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin with the start of a new drilling program in WA-390-P.
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   CURRENT FOCUS FEATURES

Drillers and Support Services

Oilies ink contracts for ClampOn sensors

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   TODAY'S STORIES CONTINUED


Green Rock to deliver WA’s first hot rocks project


GREEN Rock Energy is set to develop Western Australia’s first geothermal energy project after being offered a geothermal exploration permit for the Perth metropolitan area under the state’s new geothermal legislation.
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The month in petroleum: June 2009 – LNG
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PNG LNG heading closer to FID; Gladstone firms up customer; Chevron charging ahead with Gorgon, Wheatstone; while Woodside talks up Pluto
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Junior serious about NZ CSG


JUNIOR New Zealand private company L&M CSG has an aggressive appraisal program underway to firm up the potential 1200 petajoules of coal seam gas it believes are in its North Island and South Island exploration licences.
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MARKETWRAP: Oilies start new FY in the red
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IT was a weak start to the new financial year with most companies on PNN’s watchlist wallowing in the red. However, a few managed to stay afloat with exciting announcements on their projects.
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TransAtlantic, Otto seeks more Turkish delight


TRANSATLANTIC Petroleum and Otto Energy have continued their search for gas in the Edirne licence, western Turkey, with the spudding of the Kuzey Ikihoyuk-1 exploration well.
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Unemployment numbers push oil down
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CRUDE oil continued to decline late this week, closing under $US67 a barrel after US unemployment data rattled confidence of a quick economic recovery in the world’s top energy consumer.
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Po Valley spuds Sillaro-2


PO Valley has started production development work on its Sillaro gas field in northern Italy with the spudding of the Sillaro-2 production well today.
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Personnel Movements for the week ending July 3
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PEDRO De Souza, AED Oil; Nigel Harvey, Graeme Menzies, Oil Basins; Gary Boubel, Keith Hunter, Hess; Errol Levitt, Gregory Peacocke, Carpathian Resources; Hector Gordon, Reg Nelson, Glenn Davis, Kathryn Presser, Beach Petroleum; Ben Clube, Ron Miller, Oilex;
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Vicpet’s Snatcher-1 a producer


VICTORIA Petroleum says it will drill a second well in PEP 111 of the Cooper Basin after wireline logs confirmed oil pay in the first well, Snatcher-1.
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Possible cost blow-out for Browse LNG


THE Woodside-operated Browse LNG development in Western Australia could be in jeopardy due to escalating costs and friction among joint venture partners.
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Gasbridge JV scraps plans for NZ LNG terminal


NEW Zealand gas and power companies Contact Energy and Genesis Energy have canned plans to build a $NZ600 million ($A480 million) liquefied natural gas regasification terminal at Port Taranaki, New Plymouth.
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AWE to extend Apium North-1


AUSTRALIAN Worldwide Exploration has decided to deepen the Apium North-1 well in the onshore Perth Basin after wireline logs found the primary target Dongara sandstone was dry.
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Galoc reboot delayed


PRODUCTION from the Galoc field in the offshore Palawan Basin, Philippines, will be shut down longer than planned due to a delay in the reconnection of the floating, production, storage and offtake vessel Rubicon Intrepid.
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Icon cashed up for more work in Surat


ICON Energy plans to accelerate its drilling program outside the Lydia Pilot area in ATP 626P of the Surat Basin after its share purchase plan raised $17.5 million, about three times more than the company expected.
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Empire, ERM win South Perth Basin permits


EMPIRE Oil & Gas and ERM Power have secured two exploration permits prospective for both coal seam gas and conventional gas in the South Perth Basin, Western Australia.
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CSG offers many commercial options: Bay


L&M Petroleum believes there are many options for commercialising coal seam gas discoveries in the energy-constrained South Island of New Zealand, with compressed natural gas and mini-liquefied natural gas schemes the most likely for small CSG resources.
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Golden Gate hits another Bullseye


GOLDEN Gate Petroleum has hit another winner at the Bullseye prospect in Louisiana, with the Jumonville-2 beginning production at an initial rate of 750 barrels of oil and 250,000 cubic feet of gas per day.
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Drill bit spins on at Bibblewindi


EASTERN Star Gas has continued to make progress with its Bibblewindi lateral pilot program in the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales, drilling the last of four vertical production wells.
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