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Fire breaks out at Gulf production platform
(Friday, 3 September 2010)

A MASSIVE fire at Mariner Energy’s Vermillion 380 production platform offshore Louisiana could sink an effort by the oil industry to resume deepwater exploration in the US.
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Weatherford fined over driller death
(Friday, 3 September 2010)

OILFIELD services giant Weatherford Drilling International has been fined $140,000 and ordered to pay $20,000 in compensation for the death of an assistant driller while working in the Cooper Basin in 2008.
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Barnett launches Kimberley land acquisition bid
(Friday, 3 September 2010)

WESTERN Australia has started the formal compulsory acquisition process to secure land at James Price Point for the Kimberley liquefied natural gas hub, resulting in a flurry of protests.
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No more domestics, gas players told
(Friday, 3 September 2010)

WESTERN Australian Premier Colin Barnett has told domestic gas industry players to cease their “public brawling”, at yesterday’s Australian Pipeline Industry Association lunch.
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AGL offer for Mosaic gets thumbs up from PWC
(Thursday, 2 September 2010)

PRICEWATERHOUSE Coopers (PWC) has found that AGL Energy’s $130 million takeover bid for Mosaic Oil is in the best interests of Mosaic shareholders as it is both fair and reasonable.
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Shell up for some dancing
(Thursday, 2 September 2010)

SHELL is gearing up to record a 3D marine seismic survey within WA-384-P in the southern Exmouth Basin, Western Australia, later this year as part of its ongoing exploration for petroleum reserves in the area.
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Australia to lead LNG exports: Fesharaki
(Thursday, 2 September 2010)

AUSTRALIA is set to surpass Qatar and emerge as the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, according to FACTS Global Energy Group chief executive officer Fereidun Fesharaki.
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InterOil moves to settle lawsuit
(Wednesday, 1 September 2010)

INTEROIL has reached an agreement to settle all claims against it and its subsidiaries brought by a group of plaintiffs.
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Kapuni reserves dispute ends
(Friday, 27 August 2010)

THE dispute regarding remaining gas reserves in New Zealand’ oldest producing petroleum resource, the onshore Taranaki Kapuni gas-condensate field, appears to be over.
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Global uncertainty takes a toll on Neptune
(Friday, 27 August 2010)

PROJECT deferrals and the global economic environment during the 2010 financial year had a significant impact on Neptune Marine’s profitability with the company posting a 96% slump in profit.
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Shenzi, Pyrenees deliver for BHP
(Thursday, 26 August 2010)

BHP Billiton Petroleum’s record production growth for the 2010 financial year resulted in the division’s underlying earnings before income and tax increasing 12% to $US4.57 billion ($A5.16 billion).
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Beach poised for shale gas campaign
(Thursday, 26 August 2010)

BEACH Energy is set to begin a two-well shale gas exploration program in the heart of the Cooper Basin that could potentially be a game-changing opportunity.
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CSG-LNG consolidation back on agenda
(Wednesday, 25 August 2010)

A NEW wave of consolidation may be upon Queensland’s coal seam gas sector after Origin Energy managing director Grant King said the time to talk about mergers with rival projects has come.
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Westside, Mitsui cranking up CSG output
(Wednesday, 25 August 2010)

WESTSIDE Corporation and Mitsui E&P are pushing ahead with the first of a series of wells under a $14.5 million work program aimed at increasing production and reserves at the Meridian SeamGas field.
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Macedon cost set to rise
(Friday, 20 August 2010)

BHP Billiton and Apache Energy are reportedly facing a cost blowout of about 50% at their Macedon domestic gas project near Onslow.
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Gillard rules out support for East Timor stance on Sunrise
(Friday, 20 August 2010)

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ruled out backing East Timor’s bid to have the Sunrise liquefied natural gas project plant located on its shores in return for agreeing to host a regional centre to process asylum seekers.
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Indian joins Norwest’s Perth Basin quest
(Thursday, 19 August 2010)

NORWEST Energy has entered into a $15 million farm-out agreement with Indian upstream company Bharat PetroResources to fund its shale gas and conventional exploration in two Perth Basin permits.
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Woodside still in talks for third-party gas
(Thursday, 19 August 2010)

WOODSIDE remains in discussions to secure third-party gas for the expansion of the Pluto liquefied natural gas project, and expects to complete talks by the end of this year.
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Todd planning more Mangahewa wells
(Wednesday, 18 August 2010)

TODD Energy is planning to drill more wells in its onshore Taranaki Mangahewa gas-condensate field – a move that could see it overtake the nearby near-shore Pohokura field to become New Zealand’s largest gas resource.
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Empire set to open Gingin West-1 taps
(Wednesday, 18 August 2010)

EMPIRE Oil and Gas has moved a step closer to commercialising the Gingin West-1 discovery in the Perth Basin after an independent analysis found the gas meets the specifications of the Dampier to Bunbury or Parmelia natural gas pipelines.
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Apache puts more fingers in Carnarvon pie
(Wednesday, 18 August 2010)

APACHE Energy has joined Finder Exploration in its recently awarded WA-450-P in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin where the multi-trillion cubic feet Olympus gas prospect has been identified.
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Falling anvil goes up against the deep side
(Tuesday, 17 August 2010)

WOODSIDE and Chevron have both announced gas discoveries in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin as they race to find more gas to underpin expansion plans for their liquefied natural gas projects.
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Apache to develop Halyard field
(Tuesday, 17 August 2010)

APACHE Energy is planning to develop its Halyard field in WA-13-L, Carnarvon Basin, through its existing East Spar manifold.
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Chevron scores again in WA
(Friday, 13 August 2010)

CHEVRON has found more gas to support its long-term liquefied natural gas growth plans in the Asia Pacific region, with a natural gas discovery in the frontier Exmouth Plateau area of Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin.
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Probe into vessel incident off Barrow Island
(Friday, 13 August 2010)

THE Western Australia Department of Transport is investigating a safety incident that left an accommodation vessel carrying 270 workers off Barrow Island with two holes in its hull.
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Ferguson renews push for national offshore regulator
(Thursday, 12 August 2010)

FEDERAL Resources Minister Martin Ferguson is pushing ahead with plans to set up a national offshore oil and gas regulator by the end of this year.
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Santos dismisses Amadeus sale claims
(Thursday, 12 August 2010)

SANTOS has rubbished Magellan Petroleum’s claim that the company is close to completing the sale of its interests in the Mereenie, Palm Valley and Dingo oil and gas fields in the Amadeus Basin.
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Inpex in talks for stake sale of Ichthys
(Thursday, 12 August 2010)

PROSPECTIVE buyers are interested in taking a stake in the upstream portion of Inpex’s 8.4 million tonnes per annum Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in northwestern Australia.
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Beach to spend $50M on Gippsland tight gas work
(Wednesday, 11 August 2010)

BEACH Energy is geared up to exploit the unconventional gas potential of the onshore Gippsland Basin, eastern Victoria, after signing a $50 million unconditional agreement with Lakes Oil.
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Talisman builds up PNG portfolio
(Tuesday, 10 August 2010)

CANADA’S Talisman Energy has been revealed as the buyer of Cue Energy Resources and Mosaic Oil’s stakes in PRL8, Papua New Guinea.
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